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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 18 Apr 2014

The subtitled The Raid 2 is in Indonesian, Japanese, Arabic and, briefly, English. But its action and drama translate to any language…

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By Margot Harrison (328) for Seven Days (657) on 16 Apr 2014

When it comes to the down-and-dirty action that results from all that plotting, this undercover cop rules. And so does the movie…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 15 Apr 2014

By the time you emerge from The Raid 2's mind-boggling, show-stopping and utterly exhausting succession of brawls, gun battles, car chases…

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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Apr 2014

The carnage is eye-gougingly savage - not for nothing does one of the hero's most lethal adversaries go by the name Hammer Girl - but Evans…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 13 Apr 2014

Sadistic uber-violent mayhem - and the fact that it's subtitled doesn't much matter since the bloody, brutal brawling transcends the language barrier…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 13 Apr 2014

After the linear kick of 2011's surprise Indonesian hit The Raid, Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans is back with an epic-style sequel that sags…

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By Xan Brooks (287) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 12 Apr 2014

Evans delivers the violence with such astonishing gusto that he barely lets us catch our breath…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 11 Apr 2014

The hoary storyline of a cop posing as a criminal in order to infiltrate a powerful mob family has been used on countless occasions, but that's…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 10 Apr 2014

British director Gareth Evans has done a super-charged job presiding over this white-hot Asian action knockout, the dizzying, enthralling,…

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By Kevin Carr (1,610) for Fat Guys at the Movies (419) on 10 Apr 2014

The greatest achievement is that it doesn't try to be the first film…

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By Jay Stone (286) for Canada.com (402) on 10 Apr 2014

If there is such a thing as too exciting, The Raid 2 is it…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 10 Apr 2014

It is adolescent male wish- fulfillment fantasy of the most retrograde kind but, as action cinema, the Jakarta-set thriller The Raid 2 is riveting…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 10 Apr 2014

The action is just as bloody and bruising as the first movie's fights, and Uwais (one of the film's fight choreographers) shows the stuff to…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 10 Apr 2014

Men snap, crackle and pop before our eyes, their broken bones part of the gloriously kitsch, balletic fun…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 10 Apr 2014

The choreography and performances overall are adrenalizing -- virtuosic and precise, and an entirely legitimate justification for the existence…

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By Damon Wise (265) for Radio Times (2,421) on 10 Apr 2014

Though it is more ambitious in scope, The Raid 2 remains, primarily, a visceral pulp action movie, and this is where it truly soars…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Film Geek Central (133) on 10 Apr 2014

It's top-notch, martial arts action, filled with exhilarating ultra violence and an intricately compelling story…

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By Josh Slater-Williams (157) for The Skinny (809) on 10 Apr 2014

Most of its kinetic choreography is transformed into arduous onslaughts that numb rather than thrill…

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By Adam Nayman (350) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 10 Apr 2014

Gareth Evans’s sequel to his surprise 2011 hit takes the original’s basic formula – lots of people pounding on each other in close quarters…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 10 Apr 2014

By the two hour mark, you'll wonder if it's worth sitting through all the capital-A Art to get to the inevitable final battle…

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