7.8 Rating?
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asteriK — 13 years ago(September 26, 2012 06:10 PM)
I for one can appreciate a film like this along side recent films as Detachment or Holy Motors (no connection, just namedropping) and I'm still unsure what you're trying to get across in your main post. Yes, it has little to no plot, though the little dialogue there is decent enough (at least if you've seen the Indonesian version, the dubbed version is utter crap, couldn't even get the sound effects timed right) but the main point in this film is the action. And the action is insanely well choreographed in the knife & hand to hand combat scenes as well as the gun fights. In the end it's little more than an 80 minute adrenaline rush but it's done really well in that area.
so thank you for your comments as well, I now know to take your OP with a grain of elitist salt. -
Nathonas — 13 years ago(January 02, 2013 12:58 PM)
Thank you for your comments. I now understand the level of person who can appreciate a film like this.
Lol what an ignorant comment to make. You're probably the kind of person who thinks that all movies that are focused mainly on action sequences are automatically bad.
I've watched (and enjoyed) a lot of the top rated films from every genre from the past 20-30 years, and I think this movie is great. I'm not an action junkie by any means and in fact I prefer movies with a good plot and characters to everything else, but to dismiss this film because these two points are relatively weak is ignorant.
The reason this film is highly rated by both critics and viewers (and the reason why I liked it) is because it does two things very well - the action scenes are wonderfully filmed/choreographed, and the movie is paced very well. Although the "creative" portion of the film is weak (as is usual with action movies) the sheer amount of entertainment you get out of it makes up for it. This movie easily deserves 7-9/10. -
centristwf — 13 years ago(February 09, 2013 07:54 AM)
this not level based, this is based on people have a different taste..
maybe you like drama, but i like action, and the other like thriller, that's why they classified every movies to some genre ..
i put some another example, Bruce Lee film about martial art has been re-modified by Jackie Chan .. and i like Jackie Chan version, because it's mix with action, and touchy, funny scene, not just a brutal fight or one man show fighting ..
and this rating is not math that 1 x 2 = 2, like i'm smart than you but i like drama, and you like a detective film .. -
crashdummy35 — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 10:23 PM)
Thank you for your comments. I now understand the level of person who can appreciate a film like this.
The Fk does that mean..?
I though the movie was absolutely balls to the wall action packed and fun.
And I'm also dying to see "Macbeth" later this year. What level person does that make me? -
thirdeye55 — 13 years ago(September 15, 2012 11:29 AM)
completely agree here. I personally thought this was an action Masterpiece. It's as simple as that. It knows exactly what it was, and didn't pull any punches in doing exactly that - Kick Your Frigging Ass.
I have not been this honestly blown away from an action flick in a Long time. The choreography was INCREDIBLE. The "mad dog" guy at the end, holy Hell that was just OOZING badass on so many levels.
My only regret is not having seen this earlier. -
crsti — 11 years ago(February 21, 2015 09:38 AM)
You're simply a hater.
This is a masterpiece!
This is how a real action movie should look like.
Some top cops fighting with mobsters. This is how it should be!
No endless dialogues and stupid drama. Just a lot of fighting and fear that makes you do anything to survive. The damn mobsters won't talk with you. They will simply beat the livin' crap outta you, or shoot you to death.
Clearly this movie isn't for you. -
fluffset — 13 years ago(August 26, 2012 04:11 AM)
hold on, dont take so seriously this movie. Its about action and there it is.ACTION, KABOOM, PAWW. That's what we want, no need drama bs whatsoever, if you've watch Ong Bak, its suck than this, that siamese just knows about fighting and refuse to talk. The Raid is better 9/10(9-action 1-its bs)
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fathskie — 13 years ago(August 26, 2012 02:35 PM)
I don't understand why some people even attempt to rate something that's not their "cup of tea" (this movie is anything but 'tea' though). I mean - I HATE horror/ slasher flick genre. So if I attempt to rate ANY of them I'd give them all probably 2 - 3 out of 10!!
@freightdog99 if I may inquire,, what are "action" movie titles would you classify as 'good/ okay' and 'awesome/ great' ? Because Action is the genre the raid falls into O.o
Besides, if you're saying this is a game, you mistook the movie with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyxXSnnp_Y -
royalrepeller — 13 years ago(October 13, 2012 12:39 AM)
You, me and most people rate the movies they watched or tried to watch. I thought this was meh, cool action though. You are on to something though. This movie is highly rated because it's a movie that pretty much only gets watched by lovers of video game action, and on that point it surely delivers.
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brendanfoy — 13 years ago(January 24, 2013 03:52 PM)
This isn't Video Game action, it's martial arts and dates back to the Bruce Lee and Sonny Chiba days. Calling it Video Game action is just wrong.
The Resident Evil movies, the Underworld movies, pretty much any Paul W.S. Anderson, Len Weisman, or MCG movie classifies as Video Game action. The Matrix has Video Game action too. The Raid is not wire-fu in front of a green screen, it is classic martial arts choreography and stunt work. -
bulziguy — 13 years ago(February 04, 2013 02:35 AM)
Completely agree with you, this was definitely not a "video game action" movie I enjoyed this nearly as much or possibly more than I did Ip Man and that was a great martial arts movie. At least in my opinion
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Symarip — 12 years ago(May 15, 2013 07:18 PM)
My point is that your post is beep idiotic.
The movie is highly rated because it's a movie that only gets watched by lovers of video game action? xD
What about the high ratings from critics? Do they love ''video game action'' as well?
I'm the grim reaper, lardass, and you're my next customer. -
royalrepeller — 12 years ago(May 16, 2013 04:07 AM)
You are twisting my words. I will break it down for you.
I said a lot of the viewers, not all of them, are lovers of video game action. Since the movie greatly delivers on this particular type of action these viewers accordingly are giving high rates. Bringing the number up.
Critics can indeed appreciate video game action too. And nowhere have I said that other elements have no part in the fine rating this movie has.
Idiotic however would be to think that the action is merely martial arts related. -
Symarip — 12 years ago(May 16, 2013 06:49 AM)
I said a lot of the viewers, not all of them, are lovers of video game action. Since the movie greatly delivers on this particular type of action these viewers accordingly are giving high rates. Bringing the number up.
Yeah, you keep saying that, but you can't back it up. You're just making beep up because you don't like the movie, and have to come up with some dumb excuse for its high rating.
And using terms like ''video game action'' is pretty pointless. It's the same as saying something has ''movie action''. I still don't know what kind of action you're talking about. It's too broad.
I'm the grim reaper, lardass, and you're my next customer.