I cannot believe how good THE RAID 2 (2014) turned out to
be! I had looked at the two hour and thirty minute running time and rolled my
eyes thinking that surely something had gone wrong. I loved the first film but
it clocked in at a smart one hundred minutes so I could not imagine what would
cause the sequel to be nearly a full hour longer. Well, now I know- it is that
much longer because it's stuffed with pure awesome! Holy Crap-a-moly does THE
RAID 2 rock! It is almost too much action movie genius for a single film to
contain. I have no idea how many fight or action sequences there are - maybe
next time I'll count- but it is staggering how kinetic, frenzied and yet
perfectly visual this film manages to be. This is the rare case where the
sequel has outdone the original and the entire production crew starting with
return director/writer/editor Gareth Edwards should be commended for crafting
one of the best action films of the past twenty years.
The first one was good and is a great companion piece to the
similar, brilliant DREDD (2011) but the second film is astonishing. More like
this, please.
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