The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trailer was one of the best trailers of the year, we now have another contender, The Raid. 1 Ruthless Crime Lord, 20 Elite Cops, 30 Floors of Hell…it’s going to be awesome. It comes from Indonesia and tells the story of a SWAT team that becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster, armed with two highly violent martial arts killers and an army of machete-swinging, machine gun-toting dealers and thugs.
Some reviews coming out of the TIFF are as follows:
“Quite simply, this movie is a whole mess of bone-crunching, face-pummeling, throat-slicing and fist-pounding awesomeness. The midnight screening had people cheering, wincing and shaking their heads in disbelief.” [THR]
“The Raid does everything right, and is so incredibly self-aware in its awesomeness that I envision the filmmakers jacking off to their own movie (I would too). If you’re expecting a kick to the head, instead you should probably expect 42 kicks to the teeth, a roundhouse, 362 punches to the ribs and then two broken legs. The Raid is ultra-cinema, the highest octane of energy you’ll ever see on the big screen. It’s a rush that’s only side effect is withdrawal – and the only fix is to see it again.” [Bloody Disgusting]
Sony Pictures has already acquired the film, watch the Red-Band trailer below:
Tags: Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais, Red Band Movie Trailer, The Raid, trailer
