Should you watch The Raid?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

The Raid
Film · 2012
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.
The sides of The Raid
- A SWAT team trapped in a tower block
- A drug lord on the top floor
- Martial arts fights floor after floor
The Raid is good for you if…
- you want nonstop martial arts fights with Iko Uwais in a Jakarta tower.
- you like a police team stuck on the sixth floor with every exit blocked.
The Raid is bad for you if…
- you can't stand machetes, broken bones and point-blank kills.
- you won't read subtitles, even for a film with little dialogue.
About: survival · loyalty · brotherhood
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