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ORIGINAL: jonson

SPOILERS

Mad Dog (again, an immense performance - his fighting skills and general nastiness were the highlight for me)

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ORIGINAL: Rgirvan44

Well they are making that comparison - the film itself isn't. It isn't like all those Die Hard knock offs for example.

Although I do think it is a classic in the making, I also don't think it will tap into pop culture the same way Die Hard and Hard Boiled did. But that is ok.

Needless to say I can't wait to see what Evans does next - I am sure we can all agree he shoots action really well.

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Nastiness? Hmm...

See for me whilst he is totally badass, he's also an honourable one (hence the fact he doesn't just shoot the sergeant in the head & he frees the brother being tortured to take on the pair of them hand to hand simultaneously).

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I didn't take that as being honourable, I took that as the fact he loved beating people to death. It was what he was good at and took sadistic pleasure out of doing it. That's nasty in my book

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ORIGINAL: Cool Breeze

Watched Hard Boiled last night for the first time in quite a while and still love it to bits.The Raid is nowhere near as much fun as that film.If Evans make a sequel he might think of including some humour and memorable characters.It makes an action movie go a long way.

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I didn't take that as being honourable, I took that as the fact he loved beating people to death. It was what he was good at and took sadistic pleasure out of doing it. That's nasty in my book

It doesn't sound quite the same as big-bad-blokey from Hard Boiled allowing for all the hospital patients to move out of the way before continuing his gunfight against Alan. That's honourable.

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ORIGINAL: Rgirvan44

Thinking about the film and the "lack of depth" that has been levelled at it - I think one of the subtexts that does exist is male family relationships. Fathers and sons (both real and otherwise) and the competing loyalities contained within. But mostly it is about punching, kicking, stabbing and shooting.

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I didn't take that as being honourable, I took that as the fact he loved beating people to death. It was what he was good at and took sadistic pleasure out of doing it. That's nasty in my book

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ORIGINAL: n13roy

I think some of the previous reviews sum up what I thought of this Film, but just to add something extra,/ personal, I can honestly say this is the WORST Film I have seen this Year in the Cinema, and I went to see it on the recommendation of the 5 Star review Empire gave it..........

Remind me to NEVER take any notice of their ratings from now on.......

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ORIGINAL: Vitamin F



Need to ask, but what else have you seen at the cinema this year? What's the second worst, after The Raid?

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ORIGINAL: Cool Breeze

Watched Hard Boiled last night for the first time in quite a while and still love it to bits.The Raid is nowhere near as much fun as that film.If Evans make a sequel he might think of including some humour and memorable characters.It makes an action movie go a long way.

And the flipside of that is that too much humour or snappy one liners can kill any suspense in an action film stone dead.
I really don't think The Raid needed humour, but I'm sure the US remake will ignore all that and quip away...

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ORIGINAL: Rgirvan44

To be fair, how many thousands didn't accomplish that?

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ORIGINAL: n13roy

Just to clarify, some of the comments directed at me below. I go to the Cinema at least once a week, so I have seen a LOT of Films this Year, and many Years gone by come to that, and it is just MY opinion, that " The Raid " is the worst Film I've seen this Year. The silly comments posted here are really just trivial, and who the hell cares what the " second " worst Film is, I've seen this Year........

Grow up people, if someone posts a negative review, its their opinion, which is the whole point of this part of the Empire website.....

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ORIGINAL: n13roy

Just to clarify, some of the comments directed at me below. I go to the Cinema at least once a week, so I have seen a LOT of Films this Year, and many Years gone by come to that, and it is just MY opinion, that " The Raid " is the worst Film I've seen this Year. The silly comments posted here are really just trivial, and who the hell cares what the " second " worst Film is, I've seen this Year........

Grow up people, if someone posts a negative review, its their opinion, which is the whole point of this part of the Empire website.....

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ORIGINAL: blaud

There's been a real lack of true, honest-to-goodness action movies in recent times. After the release of Shoot 'Em Up, I became convinced that it was only a matter of time before western directors wised up to the popularity of such gun-fetishist, slo-mo action movies. Alas, no such luck. Now, however, after having seen The Raid, I sincerely hope westerners leave it to the people that really know how to produce an action movies. Whilst flawed, The Raid is pound for pound the most exciting and adrenaline-pumping piece of cinema in more years than I care to mention. It's a breathless, character-invested film that doesn't let up until the final scenes, and even then you're still reeling from the fight scenes and shootouts that preceded. It would have been nice if a little more time had been spent illustrating how isolated the police were, rather than just telling us (it seemed in places as if they could just walk out, and only at the end do you see they're enclosed). It would've also been nice to have a touch more substance, particularly in the earlier scenes. These are minor problems, though, as The Raid does not fall into the all-too-common trap for action movies of making the story second to the action. The plot is simple, but when linked to the masterfully-choreographed fight scenes and standoffs, it's just as much as standout. As a result, this is a hard-hitting, wonderfully entertaining and ridiculously manic 'actioner', in the truest sense of the word.

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ORIGINAL: blaud

There's been a real lack of true, honest-to-goodness action movies in recent times. After the release of Shoot 'Em Up, I became convinced that it was only a matter of time before western directors wised up to the popularity of such gun-fetishist, slo-mo action movies. Alas, no such luck. Now, however, after having seen The Raid, I sincerely hope westerners leave it to the people that really know how to produce an action movies. Whilst flawed, The Raid is pound for pound the most exciting and adrenaline-pumping piece of cinema in more years than I care to mention. It's a breathless, character-invested film that doesn't let up until the final scenes, and even then you're still reeling from the fight scenes and shootouts that preceded. It would have been nice if a little more time had been spent illustrating how isolated the police were, rather than just telling us (it seemed in places as if they could just walk out, and only at the end do you see they're enclosed). It would've also been nice to have a touch more substance, particularly in the earlier scenes. These are minor problems, though, as The Raid does not fall into the all-too-common trap for action movies of making the story second to the action. The plot is simple, but when linked to the masterfully-choreographed fight scenes and standoffs, it's just as much as standout. As a result, this is a hard-hitting, wonderfully entertaining and ridiculously manic 'actioner', in the truest sense of the word.

You do know it's directed by a welsh man?