The Raid 2

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The Raid 2

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Released Apr 11, 2014

2h 30m

Action

Crime

Drama

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After surviving a bloody fight with powerful gangsters, rookie Jakarta cop Rama (Iko Uwais) thinks he can resume a normal life. However, his exploits during that fateful incident have attracted the attention of criminals even more deadly than the last. His family at risk, Rama has no choice but to go under cover. He gets himself thrown in prison, where he befriends the son of a prominent crime kingpin. Rama must lay his own life on the line to finally destroy the criminal empire.

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Critics Consensus

Although its high-energy plot and over-the-top violence may play better with genre aficionados, The Raid 2 definitely delivers more of everything audiences loved about its predecessor.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

The violence is so stylized, so energetic, and so magnificently choreographed that it abstracts into something beyond mere brawling; it's about the joy of performance and the thrill of capturing that performance.

Jun 18, 2016

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Grady Hendrix

Film Comment Magazine

Stylishly shot, edited with a lot of confidence in the audience's ability to follow parallel action, and ... faster and more brutal than anything else on the market.

Apr 28, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

It is adolescent male wish- fulfillment fantasy of the most retrograde kind but, as action cinema, the Jakarta-set thriller The Raid 2 is riveting fare.

Apr 11, 2014

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Forget the script and its over-complicated plot, the action is awesome. It alone, as you could imagine, is easily worth the price of admission...

Rated: A-

Aug 19, 2024

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Takes every element that works about the first movie and takes them to shocking and impactful new heights, pivoting from a condensed and gritty experience into a sprawling story with breakneck, relentless action.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It remembers what made its predecessor successful and it builds upon it.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Me a

"The Raid 2: Berandal" is brutal, bloody, and piled high with some of the most incredible action scenes ever filmed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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John C

The first Raid movie is a 5-star action masterpiece, for its low-budget feel and incredible fight choreography. The fight sequences felt a bit contrived but is forgivable overall due to the grittiness and grimness of the police's hopeless plight and the survive to dawn in a pressure-cooker plot that captures the viewer into believability. The sequel has a completely different feel and sideplots that were a bit confusing and inessential. There was little overall growth of the hero himself. The film's open-ended and yearslong plot to some nebulous goal feels a bit bloated, and the runtime reflects this. The comic-book style characters echoing the cool new villain with their own style at the next boss-level feels like it's catering to a gamer aesthetic. The wispy thin girl with indoor sunglasses fighting with framing hammers and the kid who can hit a baseball deadeye across a distance is to me a bit ludicrous and detracts from the legacy of the first film's more credible feel. The Matrix and John Wick has been done, and Evans failed to create or explore much new space or mythos here given what to an international audience not as familiar with this country might be an interesting exploration of Indonesian culture and politics. Other than that there are visually-interesting setpieces of action and bone-crunching violence.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/01/25

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Yassi K

Martial arts vom Feinsten

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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Sarfaraz A

I'd seen the original when it was released. The original captivated me with its premise, which revolved on a building surrounded by special forces. However, in this sequel, directed by Gareth Evans and starring Iko Uwais, Iko is recruited to infiltrate the mafia clan and collect evidences on them, as well as the corrupt police chief. The film's fight sequences are extremely violent and long. Perhaps the Indonesian form of fight choreography (Pencak silat) is the only thing that will keep you watching this 2 hour 30 minute movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Calvin O

It is hard to believe but this movie is bigger better than the first one. This movie literally blew my mind. Please do yourself a favor and watch this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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David L

In my opinion, the greatest action movie ever made (so far). Gareth Evans should be getting huge paydays in Hollywood. Iko Uwais is amazing, as usual, as is the rest of the cast.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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Synopsis

After surviving a bloody fight with powerful gangsters, rookie Jakarta cop Rama (Iko Uwais) thinks he can resume a normal life. However, his exploits during that fateful incident have attracted the attention of criminals even more deadly than the last. His family at risk, Rama has no choice but to go under cover. He gets himself thrown in prison, where he befriends the son of a prominent crime kingpin. Rama must lay his own life on the line to finally destroy the criminal empire.

Director: Gareth Evans
Producer: Ario Sagantoro, Nate Bolotin, Aram Tertzakian
Screenwriter: Gareth Evans
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: XYZ Films
Rating: R (Sexuality|Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Indonesian
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.6M
Runtime: 2h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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