The Raid

The Raid (2012)

Serbuan Maut

1 Ruthless Crime Lord, 20 Elite Cops, 30 Floors of Hell.

Release:2012
Runtime:1h 41m
Country:Indonesia
Director:Gareth Evans
Language:ID

Genre

ActionCrimeThriller
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Keywords

Martial ArtsS W A TCrime BossTenementHigh RiseMonitorTower BlockJakarta Indonesia

The Raid rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 226K votes
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic73%
TMDb7.399/10· 4K votes

With 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 73/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Raid

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

Cast of The Raid

  • Iko Uwais

    Iko Uwais

    as Rama

  • Joe Taslim

    Joe Taslim

    as Jaka

  • Donny Alamsyah

    Donny Alamsyah

    as Andi

  • Yayan Ruhian

    Yayan Ruhian

    as Mad Dog

  • Pierre Gruno

    Pierre Gruno

    as Wahyu

  • Ray Sahetapy

    Ray Sahetapy

    as Tama

  • Tegar Satrya

    Tegar Satrya

    as Bowo

  • Iang Darmawan

    Iang Darmawan

    as Gofar

  • E

    Eka 'Piranha' Rahmadia

    as Dagu

  • Verdi Solaiman

    Verdi Solaiman

    as Budi

  • Godfred Orindeod

    Godfred Orindeod

    as Machete Gang #1

  • R

    Rully Santoso

    as Machete Gang #2

The Raid facts

Original title
Serbuan Maut
Budget
$1.1M
Box office
$9.1M
Collection
The Raid Collection

Our take on The Raid

Gareth Evans's 2012 action-crime thriller unfolds almost entirely inside a decrepit Jakarta apartment block that serves as an impenetrable safe house for the city's most dangerous killers and gangsters. An elite SWAT team slips in before dawn to take down the drug lord who rules it, but once a lookout blows their cover and the exits are sealed, the raid becomes a desperate fight for survival, floor by floor. Built on relentless, close-quarters martial-arts combat, this is a lean, brutal machine for viewers who want action pared down to its purest, most kinetic form. If you crave tightly choreographed fights and unbroken tension, The Raid is essential; the squeamish should be warned it's punishingly violent.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Visceral martial arts choreography pushes action boundaries forward
  • Relentless momentum maintains kinetic energy throughout entire runtime
  • Innovative fight filming techniques establish visual combat language

What the audience disliked

  • Paper-thin plot merely scaffolds extended action sequences
  • Minimal character development beyond functional establishment
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