Review of The Raid 2 (2014) by Rocksteadyeddie — 27 Aug 2014

I personally was very disappointed with the raid 2.

Ok the violence is impressive, sort of I suppose, but in 2 as opposed to 1 where it was over the top it still made you want to stay on the side of what you allow or forgive the film for, because it was exciting and tense and the film has you on it's side cheering along in a thrilling roller-coaster ride.

In 2 the violence is comical in parts( It took 20 men 2 minutes to break a flimsy toilet lock! I mean WTF was that about? The plot is like watching paint dry and is all over the place. Instead of an original exciting film like the raid you get a second rate crime thriller with very few thrills and really bad dialogue and acting.

The film was too big for all concerned and is an obvious cash in on the raid which was a genuine classic little gem of a film.

People who are giving this film high marks are kidding themselves.

Sure if you liked the action of the raid you'll like the action here though it doesn't fit to any plot really, that's if there was a plot but personally I wanted another original thrill ride where all I got was Cliqued silly nonsense with some good action scenes if you took them for what they were, they certainly don't serve the plot as the plot ( laughable ) is only there to serve up the action which is the wrong way round if you want to make great cinema.

Think of The Hostel and the Hostel 2 and you'll get what I mean by the raid and the raid 2.