
The Raid (2012)
Serbuan Maut
1 Ruthless Crime Lord, 20 Elite Cops, 30 Floors of Hell.
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The Raid rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
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
as Rama

Joe Taslim
as Jaka

Donny Alamsyah
as Andi

Yayan Ruhian
as Mad Dog

Pierre Gruno
as Wahyu

Ray Sahetapy
as Tama

Tegar Satrya
as Bowo

Iang Darmawan
as Gofar
- E
Eka 'Piranha' Rahmadia
as Dagu

Verdi Solaiman
as Budi

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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