The Raid Redemption

Product Description Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies a drug-gang?s safe house, home to some of the most terrifying and ruthless fighters in the city. Arriving before dawn an elite swat team moves in to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when they receive news of the raid, the building?s residents will stop at nothing to destroy the squad, and the unit must battle their way out of their mos .com A lid-flippingly kinetic blast, this martial arts marvel from Indonesia proves you don't need huge budgets or CGI assists to craft a top-tier action film. Writer-director Gareth Evans's ( Merantau ) plot turns on a fiendishly simple hook: a SWAT team mounts an assault on a mob-controlled apartment building, only to meet with heavy resistance from the machete-favoring tenants. That's it, really, but even a step-by-step recap would prove incapable of conveying the ridiculous, escalating carnage that Evans and his star/action choreographer Iko Uwais pack into virtually every inch of their cramped location. (The music score wisely references John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 , which shares the same claustrophobic ingenuity.) While the sheer amount of rewind-worthy set pieces on display are undoubtedly the main selling point here, they would be unlikely to make as much of an impact without Evans's intelligently spartan

Key details: Digital Copy Expiration Date: December 31, 2017 | Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No | MPAA rating: Unrated (Not Rated) | Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces | Director: Gareth Evans | Media Format: DVD | Run time: 1 hour and 41 minutes | Release date: August 14, 2012 | Actors: Doni Alamsyah, Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian

Customer feedback: 4.6/5 average rating.

Customers say: Customers praise this action movie for its well-choreographed fight scenes and incredible martial art battles, with one customer noting its effective use of close-quarters combat.

Review snippets: THE RAID: REDEMPTION is one of the most successful movies I've seen in YEARS. It's not the greatest movie, by a long-shot...but the gap between its ambition (which is pretty high) and its actual accomplishment is almost non-existent. I've long / Many of the reviews were written before the BD even released so figured I would write a review. First a few key points so you can decide if it is worth your time to keep reading or immediately decide if

From the manufacturer The Raid Redemption Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies a drug-gang’s safe house, home to some of the most terrifying and ruthless fighters in the city. Arriving before dawn an elite swat team moves in to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when they receive news of the raid, the building’s residents will stop at nothing to destroy the squad, and the unit must battle their way out of their most dangerous raid ever.