- CELEBRITY
- 09:00 PM, Mar 29
ultra-violent action movies don't get much more exciting or inventive than this kick-ass feature from Indonesiaby David Rooney [Hollywood Reporter ]
the scenario is simple but effective - and not as complicated as the film's back storyby Mark Jenkins [NPR ]
the objective is simple, the twists are predictable, and the performances are good but secondary to the fisticuffsReview rate : A- by Matt Goldberg [Collider ]
the intense and inventive action scenes that are unquestionable brutal while still being highly entertainingby Allison Loring [FilmSchoolRejects ]
the fighting style is viciously violent and brutally bloody and this film does not shy away from all of the gorey good stuffby Tim Hannigan [Horror-Movies.ca ]
that the viewer is able to guess many of the plot twists and story revelations in advance is beside the pointby Ernest Hardy [Village Voice ]
some action moves so fast as to be a blur of bone breaksby Scott Bowles [USA Today ]
offers a continuous sequence of action with a clear and effective premiseby Robert Koehler [Variety ]
no frills scenario and almost relentless violenceReview rate : B+ by Eric D. Snider [Film.com ]
near the end, the fight choreography grows more impressively complicated, and the camera takes in more of it as the shots stretch out in lengthby Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
it's claustrophobic, tense, ultraviolent - and funby David Lewis [San Francisco Chronicle ]
it works superblyby James Rocchi [MSN Movies ]
he makes The Expendables look like 12 Angry MenReview rate : B- by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
brilliantly, The Raid logically works its way through fight choreography that begins with automatic weapons and ends with hand to hand combatby Brad Miska [Bloody Disgusting ]
action directors, the gauntlet has been thrown downby Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]