By Scott Beggs · Published on September 9th, 2011
Merantau was an astonishing achievement in martial arts storytelling. It displayed incredible hand-to-hand combat work while managing to have a compelling story with solid acting. Go figure. Essentially, it made a lot of other action filmmakers look like amateurs, and it looks like Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais are returning with a stripped down flick to repeat the feat.
The Raid is currently enjoying praise coming out of TIFF with hyperbole and review titles featuring exclamation points aplenty. Does it earn the hype?
The trailer offers one clue, and you can check it out for yourself (if you’re old enough):
Hype earned.
What do you think?
Source: Twitch
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