73
Metascore
31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThere are moments when The Raid: Redemption doesn't feel like an action movie so much as pure action itself, delivered in strong, undiluted doses and with the sort of creative one-upmanship capable of rejuvenating a stale, seen-it-all genre.
- 91IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnAmerican action movies are almost entirely defined by cutaways, blaring music cues and grunts. The Raid: Redemption, a hyper-energetic Indonesian martial arts movie, delivers an effective rebuke to that meek norm. Bones break, blood flows and swift, excessively complicated fight choreography puts virtually everything released in North America since "The Bourne Ultimatum" to instant shame.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayGareth Evans' Indonesian martial-arts throwback The Raid: Redemption has a look and feel that resembles the best of '80s cult action movies: half John Carpenter, half John Woo.
- 80VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerTaking the genre to a higher level of intensity, the Welsh-born Evans continues what he started in previous Indonesia-set actioner "Merantau," but this picture will seal his cult status.
- 80Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyLean, fast-moving, and filled with game-changing fight sequences that have a brutally beautiful (or beautifully brutal) quality, Gareth Evans's Indonesian martial-arts film The Raid: Redemption lives up to its viral hype.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanI do wish that Evans were a better storyteller. When he isn't turning mad-dog violence into visual rock & roll, The Raid shreds narrative coherence to ribbons.
- 63Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleySlant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyThis mostly no-nonsense, floor-by-floor ass-kicking panorama is admirably humble.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe Raid is maniacal in its pacing and assault tactics. It's also, absurdly, rated R. Fantastic. I love that a film this gory secured the same Motion Picture Association of America rating as "The King's Speech."
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis film is about violence. All violence. Wall-to-wall violence. Against many of those walls, heads are pounded again and again into a pulpy mass. If I estimated the film has 10 minutes of dialogue, that would be generous.