MY OPINION OF THE RAID MOVIE

An elite squad of law enforcement soldiers is assigned to attack Tama Riyada (Ray Sahetapy),
a ruthless drug kingpin with a newly established in-house narcotics lab, sure to be extensively
protected. The target is idolized by pushers, killers, and gangsters, all of which revere him like
a god – and many of them are under his employ to prevent just such an attack to the massive
multistory apartment building fortified as his criminal headquarters. He also has the entire
dwelling under video surveillance as he sits back in his control room on the 15 th floor,
counseled by his two main men, Andi (Doni Alamsyah), the brains of the business, and Mad
Dog (Yayan Ruhian, also the fight choreographer), the brawn (despite being notably tinier
than the other thugs). Sergeant Jaka (Joe Taslim) and the stubborn but seasoned Lieutenant
Wahyu (Pierre Gruno) lead two teams, intent on sweeping the building floor by floor and
stopping the spotters tasked with alerting the mob boss to police presence. The lookouts are
mostly children, who are not unsusceptible to the bullets and deadliness of the situation,
deemed a necessity by the heartless Wahyu. An elite group of SWAT police officers receive a
very difficult task, invade an apartment building that has been taken over by large network of
dangerous criminals led by Tama. The chief Jaka with two of his reliable members, Rama and
Andi moves one level to another, only to see their best plans being sidelined. Yet character
revelations start bubbling to surface which should be done by a series of immense fights
using guns, knives or even bare fists.
Rookie cop Rama (Iko Uwais) prepares for a day on the job as a member of a special-forces
team: Their mission is to infiltrate a 15-story industrial apartment building and extract a
sinister crime lord (Ray Sahetaphy).

But when the team is spotted and the alarm is sounded, every resident of the building – a
collection of thieves and killers – tries to destroy them. Rama finds himself alone, with only
his martial arts skills to protect him. Things get even more complicated when he tries to save
a wounded colleague, and – even more shocking – when he discovers the identity of the
crime lord’s right-hand man. It all comes down to a brutal, winner-take-all fight with the
aptly-named Mad Dog (Yayan Ruhian).
This is no doubt one of the greatest action movies I have ever seen. This is a violent movie
with very little dialogue so know that before going in. The hand to hand fighting in this film is
the best to ever be put on the big screen. This movie seriously blew me away. The one flaw
would be that it doesn't have the greatest plot but it's enough to keep the action interesting

As the troops sneak into the rundown building, peppered with trash, stains, rust, smoke, and
grime, Tama is made aware of their infiltration. Within minutes, neighbors, snipers, and
heavily armed gunmen wipe out the SWAT-like armored transport the cops arrived in, along
with their eyes on the ground and the men stationed to secure various corridors. Rookie
draftee Rama (Iko Uwais), whose character development includes a brief scene with his
pregnant wife, winds up being outgunned and outmanned, but surprisingly well prepared for
the reverse siege and ambush underway.

The statement that say “Our mission is simple. We go in and we take him out,” bluntly states
Jaka. It’s a hilariously basic setup for an impressive little action movie. The opening sequence,
demonstrating the routine of a cop preparing for an average day, smartly foreshadows a film
of striking intensity a momentary glimpse of the graphic martial arts mayhem viewers
couldn’t possibly be prepared for. In superior style, there is nonstop hand-to-hand combat,
an escalation in dueling henchmen (with a “boss fight” of unforgettable proportions), various
surprise complexities with the relationships between characters, and of course, twists with
allegiances and the mission.

The idea behind The Raid is remedial. A group of well armed police officers enter a 15-story
apartment complex overflowing with a group of better armed drug dealers and bad guys
intent on holding their ground. The police are lead by an over anxious Lieutenant who leads
his squad of mostly rookies into the apartment complex where they are quickly over matched
and out gunned. Their objective is to find the drug lord who resides on the 15 th floor and bring
him to justice. Easier said than done.

Bodies on both sides of battle fall to the ground like rounds from a Gatling gun in an Arnold
Schwarzenegger movie. The police – those that survived the opening shootout – are split into
two groups with Jaka (Joe Taslim) fighting alongside the Lieutenant and a rookie officer, and
Rama (Iko Uwais) who tries to protect an injured officer while battling the hordes of
oncoming baddies.

The movie in terms of story: interesting. The premise is very simple, a bunch of cops trapped
in a hellish building filled with the devil’s men who knows silat and dead set on killing the
cops. However, I can’t really tell whats going to happen next, and there’s enough twists that
actually works, even if they were rather cliché (the rookie, the corrupt officers, the help from
a friendly neighbor, the .. I should stop.. or I’d spoil the movie). There’s nothing new in terms
of plot, but that’s not really a big problem.
This is no doubt one of the greatest action movies I have ever seen. This is a violent movie
with very little dialogue so know that before going in. The hand to hand fighting in this film is
the best to ever be put on the big screen. This movie seriously blew me away. The one flaw
would be that it doesn’t have the greatest plot but it’s enough to keep the action interesting