If ever there was an argument to be made in favor of digital filmmaking, it is The Raid: Redemption. What made The Raid: Redemption special was its mix of bloodily visceral action, the staging of the various fight scenes, and the kinetic camerawork that captures all of it. As one might think when given that one-sentence summary, things just don’t go well at all – the drug lord’s minions are prepared for them, eradicating all but three members of the 20-member riot squad with guns, knives, and hand-to-hand combat. Instead, he cranked out The Raid: Redemption (simply titled The Raid in other countries), a film about a police tactical team storming an apartment slum building to roust the drug lord who owns it. Writer/director Gareth Huw Evans is back in the driver’s seat, hellbent on speeding us along at 150 miles per hour into a brick wall with the malevolently gleeful intention of letting us enjoy every bit of carnage possible.Ī little backstory for why The Raid 2: Berandal exists: this is the movie Evans wanted to make originally, but could not due to the budget given. Let’s get those descriptors right out of the way immediately and get straight to the point: The Raid 2: Berandal is, in every way, a vast improvement over its predecessor, The Raid: Redemption, which was already a fantastic action film and one that (I would think) would be hard to top.
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