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So it has got-

 

Chloe Moretz (chlllloooooeeeee :wub: :wub: <3 :wub:)

Russian mafia/mob

Denzel being a middle aged badass walking on the good path but ever so often has to get his hands dirty.

 

 

 

/SPONTANEOUS EJACULATION

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Raid 2 was awesome dont know why some guys said it was slow and all and don't like what they did with plot..! It was an excellent movie.. The first movie didn't have much of a plot and people said it was all action this one had plot and people say why put in plot...

 

Great action sequences..!

 

 

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After watching The Raid 2 for a second time, I'm convinced that it is the greatest action movie of all time. And yes this includes all my favorite 80s/90s flicks. Also I'm surprised that the censor board left all the violence intact in the theatrical release. The only part they cut was the nude girl in the porn den lol...

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I thought Raid 2 was bad for the most part TBH.

It had a bad plot, bad writing, bad acting and just plain horrible english dubbing. I just couldn't take the movie seriously. I wonder if the terrible dubbing made everything else look so bad. All this wouldn't have mattered much to me if the whole thing wasn't f**king 150min long. I remember checking my watch at least 3 or 4 times during the movie.

 

I thought the subplot involving the new character played by Mad Dog from the first movie was completely unnecessary. They even gave it a cringe-worthy emotional angle :doh: . They could have easily cut this entire subplot from the movie and made it at least 20-25min shorter.

 

But on the positive side, the action sequences were truly phenomenal. I was repeatedly picking my jaw off the floor during the final fight scenes. So yeah the movie is totally worth watching for the action alone. But I would recommend watching it at home with subtitles.

 

IMO the first Raid was better, solely because it didn't try to shove all this "plot" BS down my throat. The actors in this franchise just do not have the acting chops to make it work.

 

 

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Raid 1 had terrible English dubbing too. Well not terrible overall but cringe-worthy at many places. Thankfully the first time I watched the movie I saw it in the original language ( indonesian?). Good that I didn't watch Raid 2 in theaters. Can't stand useless butchering of a movie with bad dubbing.

And holy sh*t at the movie being 150 mins long :lol: I guess they really went overboard with the plot and story etc. No place for this kind of stuff in a good action movie IMO. Raid 1 was barely 90 mins long I think. No filler crap just pure action.

 

"Non-stop action from the get go" was one of the USP's of the first Raid. Guess they wanted the sequel to be something more than that. Hope the inevitable third part is more like the first one.

 

And even I watched the first Raid in its original language. Should have just waited and watched the sequel at home as well :(

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After watching The Raid 2 for a second time, I'm convinced that it is the greatest action movie of all time. And yes this includes all my favorite 80s/90s flicks. Also I'm surprised that the censor board left all the violence intact in the theatrical release. The only part they cut was the nude girl in the porn den lol...

Absolutely agree.... It released in UAE last week ...it was amazing did not expect all the blood n gore in UAE

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I actually thought the story was pretty good. It sets the movie apart from being a 'mindless action movie' and the action scenes don't feel like 'action for action's sake'. This is the movie Gareth Evans wanted to make but he had to settle for a 'demo' (a.k.a. The Raid Redemption) to get the funding, so this isn't exactly more of the same. I'd say Raid 1 is short prequel story to the actual plot. The movie is more of a crime drama interspersed with action scenes and then it switches to high gear in the last hour and becomes non-stop action. There are some plot holes which I noticed when I watched it again but it doesn't detract from the experience. Try watching the movie in it's original language. It's far better than the horrendous English dub.

 

Also I don't really get the complaints about acting, you have to understand that some of the 'actors' are actually stuntmen and fight choreographers but the ones who are actually actors did a fine job. I personally thought that the guy who played Bangun (the Indonesian crime lord), Uco (his son) were good and the bad guy was actually quite enjoyable to watch as well. The movie is also shot brilliantly. Just look at the framing of certain shots. The use of colors and lighting is fantastic. A huge step up from the first one. Then again, I don't really like to compare the two. They're very different movies and good in their own way.

 

Then you have the action which everyone will agree is the strongest part. The final 40 minutes or so are an action lover's wet dream. It just keeps building up. Very intense stuff. Also look at how the car chase is shot. Full of long takes and clean direction. There's one shot where the camera moves into one car, shows us the action then flies out and into another - all in one take. I seriously wonder how they did it. It's something I never noticed in my first watch because I was so absorbed in the action. Amazing stuff.

 

There are rumours floating around that The Raid 3 will have Tony Jaa...

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