The Raid: Redemption (2012)
90%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: 9 wins & 22 nominations
No frills and all thrills, The Raid: Redemption is an inventive action film expertly paced and edited for maximum entertainment.
The Raid: Redemption is the kind of movie that makes you want to jump out of your seat and start practicing your martial arts moves. It’s a non-stop action-packed thrill ride that will leave you breathless. The fight scenes are so well choreographed that you’ll be wincing in pain as you watch bones break and blood splatter. But don’t worry, there’s still a satisfying plot and some great character development to keep you invested. It’s like if Jackie Chan went on a rampage and decided to take no prisoners. So grab some popcorn and get ready for a wild ride.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Indonesia
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, and language
Year of Release
2012
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 41m
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Language(s):English, Indonesian
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Country of origin:United States, France, Indonesia
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 14, 2012
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
starring Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, directed by Gareth Evans, written by Gareth Evans, action, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Tambay Obenson, Grady Hendrix, Chase Whale, Tim Robey, Antonia Quirke, Matt Bochenski, Taylor Baker, Howard Gorman, Achara Kirk, Jaby Koay, Mike Massie, Film Companion Staff, R rating, Indonesian language, produced by Ario Sagantoro
Worldwide gross: $9,148,519
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,794,494
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,911
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,286,204
US/Canada gross: $4,105,187
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,292,507
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,787
US/Canada opening weekend: $213,785
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $275,617
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,563
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $1,100,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $1,418,147
Production budget ranking: 2,059
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $763,672
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $9,612,675
ROI to date (est.): 441%
ROI ranking: 298
Joe Taslim – Jaka
Donny Alamsyah – Andi
Yayan Ruhian – Mad Dog
Pierre Gruno – Lt. Wahyu
Ray Sahetapy – Tama
Director(s)
Gareth Evans
Writer(s)
Gareth Evans
Producer(s)
Ario Sagantoro
Film Festivals
Sundance, South by Southwest
Awards & Nominations
9 wins & 22 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (172) | Top Critics (48) | Fresh (149) | Rotten (23)
[Redemption] is a relentless, bloody, brutal action movie, with successive scene after scene of balls-to-the-wall-style choreographed violence.
August 14, 2017
Tambay Obenson
Shadow and Act
TOP CRITIC
Hollywood is particularly unsuited to producing sensation cinema these days.
November 5, 2013
Grady Hendrix
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
My only complaint about The Raid is that it ended.
August 28, 2013
Chase Whale
Film.com
TOP CRITIC
The Raid is a film for which the adjective “awesome” might have been invented, but it’s so awesomely awesome you might want to teach it some new words.
May 17, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
The Raid is fun of a kind: the kind liked by the brainless everywhere and by the intelligent in moments of elective brainlessness, such as a drunken Saturday night.
May 17, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
Antonia Quirke
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
Guaranteed to be a word-of-mouth hit. Expect to be introducing people to The Raid for years to come.
May 17, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Matt Bochenski
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
Episode 33: Triple Threat / The Raid / Dragged Across Concrete
September 14, 2021 | Rating: 78/100
Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Gareth Evans’ previous feature, Merantau, was an impressive harbinger of what was to come, but it was The Raid that really put him on the map.
June 10, 2021
Howard Gorman
NME
I really, really liked it like not just in terms of [Iko Uwais] being an amazing martial artist which he is but also just as an actor in his own right.
March 1, 2021
Achara Kirk
GET Jaby
I liked [the Boss’] performance a lot… there’s a lot of depth in the story and the characters.
March 1, 2021
Jaby Koay
GET Jaby
It’s like the bloodthirsty, nasty version of Jackie Chan.
December 2, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
…despite its singular bone breaking vision, it still manages to have a satisfying plot and some fantastically well-crafted scenes of tension amidst the blood bath.
October 27, 2020
Film Companion Staff
Film Companion…
Plot
In Jakarta, Indonesia, Lieutenant Wahyu organizes the invasion of an apartment building that is the safe house of the powerful and cruel drug lord Tama and his gang. The SWAT team breaks in the building but one lookout sees and warns the gangsters and the police force is trapped on the seventh floor. They learn that Lt. Wahyu has not informed his superiors about the operation. Now the police officers have to fight with limited ammunition against the armed and dangerous gangsters.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of The Raid: Redemption includes Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, and Ray Sahetapy.
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