Cert: (R-rated) 18 cert
Director: Gareth Evans
Screen writer: Gareth Evans
Starring: Iko Uwais , Julie Estelle , Yayan Ruhian , Arifin Putra , Donny Alamsyah , Oka Antara , Tio Pakusodewo , Kazuki Kitamura , Alex Abbad , Cecep Arif Rahman , Ryûhei Matsuda , Ken'ichi Endô , Very Tri Yulisman , Epy Kusnandar , Marsha Timothy
Running time: 150 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A man is forced to strip in front of three mobsters to prove himself and gets a new set of clothes. (Only the upper body of the man is seen)
Brief scene in a porn studio. Brief nudity showing a woman coming out from behind a screened area. She is naked and wearing a black sexual phallus strapped around her waist. We see only her breasts.We see the woman walk to a table several feet away then return behind the screen where we briefly see a silhouette of a sexual act.
Violence & Gore: Pretty much like the first film, The Raid 2 features strong bloody violence, grisly images, torture and a focus on bloodshed. However, a lot of the violence is fast-paced or done at a certain angle or distance that it's not shown too graphically.
Several people get shot with bloody results, some of them in the chest, stomach, or legs while head shots are depicted in a gruesome and realistic manner.
A violent riot in a prison ensues with a lot of bone-breaking, stabbings, and beatings. There is a brief occasion of a man splitting another man's jaw in half.
An intense, frightening scene where Uco
Prakoso, a loyal assassin/vagabond to mob boss Bengun, knocks several men down the street and stabs a target with a machete and we see the bloody blade enter through the fence before it slowly pulls out. Prakoso also fights several men in a nightclub and later .
The scenes with Hammer Girl and Baseball Bat Man are brutal and violent. Hammer Girl's fight scene is extremely gory. The sequences overlapped with a beatened Japanese mobster getting executed by having an icepick stabbed over his head (it cuts away before impact) and we see his body falling down into a pit to be buried.
An extended scene of a man's face being pressed down on a grill. The graphic aftermath is shown with his deformed, scarred face. The man is clearly in shock/still conscious from this.
A very intense car chase sequence. Involves a lot of shooting and a fight scene within the car itself. A man gets shot multiple times in the face and we see his corpse being run over. Another man gets thrown out the window, is dragged along the road, and gets struck by a car door.
The ending fight sequences are extremely gruesome and violent. Several people are run over with a car, beaten to a pulp, stabbed, and sliced up. . A fight scene ensues between the main character and an assassin, with non-stop punches, kicks and throws until .
Profanity: Words: - "Prick" approx. 3 times - "Fuck" At least 60 times - "Shit" 1 time - "Jerk" 2 times
It's worth noting most of these are in subtitles, and the profanities are said in either Indonesian or Japanese. There is one audible F*ck in English.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Many scenes involving wine and alcohol, but not too much.
A few characters smoke, but same as above, not too much.
There is a brief mention of drugs (referred to as 'powder').
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Very dark and intense from the start.
As mentioned above, the scenes with Hammer Girl, Baseball Bat Man, and the Assassin are all violent and brutal.
The finale is extremely violent, bloody, and adrenaline-fueled. Many people are beaten, stabbed, run over, sliced-up, or shot at.
Story: He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over the small fry has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. And so Rama begins a new odyssey of violence, a journey that will force him to set aside his own life and history and take on
Likes : First of all comparing this sequel to the first film the story this time is him going under cover to infortrait a war lord gang & it seems that the fighting is the main draw of this film as for the fast pace action the first film is better although the fight scene in this film make up for the lack of pace which works. Martial arts films are frequently under-appreciated because critics tend to downplay the artistry of orchestrating a fight sequence.
In some ways it's like staging a complex dance with extremely difficult performances by physical talents who have spent their entire lives perfecting their craft in the world of martial arts. In many cases it can be even more challenging than executing a good dramatic moment as some of these fight scene have to be carefully done so not to injury anyone although they come off on screen very fast & brutal.
With that said, "The Raid 2" is an exquisite ballet of death with an incredible variety of expertly crafted action sequences that have a grounded, realistic feel to them despite the insane action there's very little outrageous moments apart from extreme moments of blood violence & brutal fighting scenes.
The choreography is spot on to show realism in the action & martial arts which bring the incredible fight scene's, if you love the first film you love this squeal.
Dislikes : Not as fast paced as the first film, but make up for with the fight scenes.
Overall : Brutal Fight scene, Violence is slightly doubled, brilliant choreography
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for story-line.
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