This isn't a movie--this is a video game with the controller on autopilot. Banal plot with banal characters. I expect the remake will simply be called "Level 2"--the exact same movie with the bad guys carrying pistols instead of machetes. Level 3 - Uzis, Level 4 - bazookas, etc... I really lost faith in IMDB ratings with this "movie."
shareVERY TRUE
shareI'm quite harsh with ratings but I gave it 8/10
Amazing action, great pacing and I was on the edge of my seat the entire way through.Honestly in comparison to Dredd 3D you can see the quality of The Raid, heck Mark Kermode even made it his best foreign film of 2012!
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When speaking of this movie feeling like a video game - I swear I heard an achievement sound pop up when they killed off Mad Dog :P
And YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and YOU...WILL...ATONE!
I rate this 9 for the actions. I normally rate movies by its genre. If I want to see a touching love story and they give me some wierd killing scene on the street, I am going to rate it low.
The same as action movie. If they want to involve some emotional element in an action movie, it better be minimal or handled really well or it will just ruin the actions.
This movie, with next to zero love story. Some plot that can be ignored with the brotherly love (in fact, it does not make sense if it is not the part of the story), the rest is just pure action and stick to the plan. I think it is handled quite well.
Obviously, I think the director not capable or not willing to handle a strong plot where some action director like to add a mixed element in an action movie, he simply abandoned that part of movie. I think he made a correct choice. If you are not good at something, just don't do it, especially it is for a movie.
Oh man, the typical "WHY DOES THE IMDB RATING DIFFERS FROM MY OPINION?" thread. Get over people, not everyone has the same mindset as you.
shareCan't say I disagree. That's exactly what I thought after watching it: "That was basically a video game movie...but an awesome video game movie."
Yeah, the plot and characters were thin. I didn't really care to see what happened next or if the characters lived or died, but it was just so much fun and so exciting. At least they knew what they wanted to make and didn't try to force emotion or poignancy like some of these movies try to do. It was a nice little trim action flick that flew by and was entertaining throughout.
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