The Raid: Redemption (2011)
"Serbuan maut" (original title)

A SWAT team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.

Director:

Gareth Evans

Writer:

Gareth Evans

Stars:

Iko Uwais, Donny Alamsyah, Ray Sahetapy

5 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Iko Uwais	...	Rama
Johannes Taslim	...	Jaka (as Joe Taslim)
Donny Alamsyah	...	Andi (as Doni Alamsyah)
Yayan Ruhian	...	Mad Dog
Pierre Gruno	...	Wahyu
Ray Sahetapy	...	Tama
Tegar Satrya	...	Bowo
Iang Darmawan	...	Gofar
Eka 'Piranha' Rahmadia	...	Dagu
Verdi Solaiman	...	Budi
Alfridus Godfred	...	Machete Gang #1
Rully Santoso	...	Machete Gang #2
Melkias Ronald Torobi	...	Machete Gang #3
Johanes Tuname	...	Machete Gang #4
Sofyan Alop	...	Machete Gang #5

Storyline

In Jakarta, Indonesia, Lieutenant Wahyu organizes the invasion of an apartment building that is the safe house of the powerful and cruel drug lord Tama and his gang. The SWAT team breaks in the building but one lookout sees and warns the gangsters and the police force is trapped on the seventh floor. They learn that Lt. Wahyu has not informed his superiors about the operation. Now the police officers have to fight with limited ammunition against the armed and dangerous gangsters.

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Plot Keywords:

police | swat team | gangster | drug lord | apartment building | 

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Taglines:

When there's nowhere left to run or hide... you fight or die.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog Official Facebook [Indonesia]

Country:

Indonesia USA

Language:

Indonesian

Release Date:

13 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Raid: Redemption

Filming Locations:

Indonesia

Box Office

Budget:

$1,100,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$213,785 (USA) (23 March 2012)

Gross:

$4,105,123 (USA) (6 July 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pt. Merantau Films, Celluloid Dreams, XYZ Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Yayan Ruhian, who played the Mad Dog character, had once trained Pencak Silat for Pasukan Pengamanan Presiden (the Indonesian Presidential Security Forces- equivalent to US Secret Service) in 1989 and for the Indonesian Military Police Corps in the early 1990s.

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Goofs

When Rama's face is cut by a machete when hiding within an apartment's wall, it leaves a deep, ragged and swollen wound. However, when he exits the apartment his wound is suddenly much neater and more superficial.

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Quotes

Mad Dog: Pulling a trigger is like ordering a takeout.

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Connections

References Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

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Soundtracks

"Razors Out"
Written by Mike Shinoda and Chino Moreno
Performed by Chino Moreno

User Reviews

A Constant State of Perplexion

I decided to wait a full day before writing a critical review on this movie to let my emotions die down - In conclusion i have nothing but praise for this movie.

If your goal is to walk into this movie and be psychologically challenged or expect great dialogue you will be disappointed. There are some movies that you need to walk into and know little of what will unfold to get the full cinematic experience. I always check the ratings of movies on IMDb before considering watching them and after reading some of the other user reviews on 'high octane' intensity and non stop fight scenes i in the least expected some good action in this movie. Even with that though i thought an entire movie could not be based on fighting scenes and score above an 8 on IMDb (boy was i wrong).

This movie is earning glowing reviews because of the action sequences filmed in the movie that place you in a cinematic experience where you actually feel like you are watching real men fight for their lives. It's nothing poetic with backflips and flexible positions but simply man vs man often equipping anything in the room to disarm/disable and kill their opponent. It places you in the hot seat viewing the closest things to actual killings - Now this isn't to say the movie slows down on blood spurts or zooms in when someone is getting their throat sliced

• it simply shows it how it is, it's fast, real and intense.

In some of the other reviews you hear fans praising the knife fighting scenes. This movie was incredible with it's knife fights and how effective and swift they are in close quarters. The finish was always swiftly at the throat but that wasn't before 2 to 3 lightning touches to the chest/quads or arms to disable an opponent or render them shocked in pain.

Heres the bottom line: This movie was made on the smallest budget i've ever seen for any movie to hit international screens. The director and all actors are no names that you have never heard however i guarantee that you will never watch another action film again because the raid is groundbreaking in it's reality/intensity and quality of choreography.

Every movie that scores high ratings appeals to a certain group of audiences. This is a very specific movie but is well deserving of the praise it is receiving from our users at IMDb. It is my hope to see more of this action from the director and actors cause i honestly don't think i can ever watch a fighting movie again.

MUST WATCH 10/10 Excellent.