The Raid: Redemption

There is really not much I can say about this movie so this review will be short. Why is that you ask? Simple, there really isn't much to this movie. It's really a very simple premise. A group of elite cops, some veterans and a few rookies are tasked to raid this drug lords building. They are supposed to root him out, arrest him, and shut down his lab. That of course is NOT how it goes down in The Raid: Redemption at all.

There's not much of plot in The Raid: Redemption, there is a LOT of shooting, yelling, cursing, and fighting. Oh, there's also a lot of reading because it's subtitled. Now if you are a fan of gun battles, yelling, and cursing (in a foreign language) then this movie is for you. If not then I suggest you skip it. Now if you are a fan of those martial arts, kung-fu movies that used to come on all those years ago on Saturday afternoons from 3 to 5pm and then went outside and kicked your neighbors butt then this....THIS is the movie for you.

Written, directed, and edited by Gareth Evans The Raid boasts some of the most inventive martial arts moves I have even seen, this movie will have you yelling out "ohhhh" and "ahhhhh". I speak from first hand experience on that and the climactic fight scene will leave you breathless. With a super tight score put together by Joseph Trapanese and Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, the music makes the action in this movie look almost ballet like at times.

If you want see a movie that requires absolutely no thinking of your own but entertains and has you walking out of the theater looking for your neighbor so you can kick his/her butt all over again then see The Raid: Redemption. You won't be sorry and I'll see you at the theater.