The Raid



"And don't forget....Have fun"

- Tama

Titled originally Serbuan Maut (Deadly Assault), directed by Gareth Evans, and starring martial artist Iko Uwais. This is their second team-up after their first film together, Merantau.

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable derelict apartment building which became a safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. The rundown apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite team is tasked with raiding the building in order to take down the notorious drug lord who runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut off and all exits are blocked. Stranded on the 6th floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst criminals to survive their mission.


 * Aerith and Bob: Tama's two henchmen, Mad Dog and Andi.
 * Exclusively Evil: The building residents, with very few exceptions. It is justified though. Most of the residents are gangs and killers in hiding from police, authorities, or rival syndicates.
 * Ax Crazy: Mad Dog.
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Badass: Everyone in this film, especially Rama, Jaka and Mad Dog. Apparently, actors that make up the key members of the SWAT team were sent to Indonesian Special Forces boot camp.
 * Joe Taslim (Jaka) is an accomplished judoka, having won medals in both national and international competitions.
 * Badass Bystander: the middle-aged guy living with his wife.
 * Because I'm Good At It: Andi's reason for
 * Big Bad: Tama, the drug lord that controls the apartment.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Blood Knight: Mad Dog, who considered shooting people with guns no different than ordering a take-out and feels that beating people with his fists is the real deal and much more fun.
 * The Brute: Mad Dog.
 * Cain and Abel:
 * Chekhov's Skill: Rama's martial-arts practice in the opening scene features a flurry of close punches as a finishing move.
 * Cold Sniper
 * Destination Defenestration: Several times.
 * Die Hard on an X
 * The Dragon: Mad Dog.
 * Driven to Suicide:
 * Drop the Hammer: Tama uses one to
 * Establishing Character Moment: Tama starts the film by shooting a group of hostages in the back of the head. Running out of bullets when moving to shoot the last one, he decides to
 * Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
 * Evil Genius: Andi manages Tama's criminal enterprise.
 * Excuse Plot: The actual story is pretty good, but it's very simple and pared down to its bare bones in terms of how much screentime is devoted to exposition. And frankly you could work out a very good approximation of the story on your own if you watched the film without subtitles.
 * Eye Scream: One of the police gets shot through the eye.
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Good Old Fisticuffs: Mad Dog prefers this.
 * Guns Are Worthless: The primary appeal of this film is the silat fight. Both sides, though armed with heavy rifles, eventually settle on hand-to-hand combat. Justified for the good guys, considering they pretty much run out of bullet in the beginning of the movie.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Hell Flop House
 * Improvised Weapon:
 * A small LPG tank put inside a fridge makes a good directional explosive.
 * Rama uses a broken  to
 * Jittercam
 * Kick the Dog:  Also an Establishing Character Moment
 * Knife Nut: Rama and most of the mooks.
 * Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Mad Dog really believes in this. Abandoning his gun for a fight is one thing. But against Rama, he  before commencing fisticuffs.
 * Machete Mayhem
 * More Dakka: The start of the film, when both sides are using large numbers of assault rifles.
 * Neck Snap:
 * Never Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight: One good guy. Four machete-armed bad guys. Good guy wins.
 * Noble Demon: Mad Dog
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Seriously, Mad Dog is shorter than many of the cast. It's only when he start fighting that people realizes how badass and dangerous he really is.
 * Rated "M" for Manly
 * Rule of Cool
 * Sacrificial Lion:
 * Sequel Hook:
 * Shell-Shock Silence: Happens when Bowo gets
 * Star-Making Role: While Merantau brought Iko Uwais some awareness, this movie pretty much solidifies his popularity for the movie-going crowd.
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Jaka's signature kill. 3 point-blank headshot while holding said target's head.
 * When the residents attack the cops in the van, they open up on full-auto and just keep firing.
 * World of Badass
 * Would Hurt a Child: That spotter mentioned in the summary? A child, who is killed but not before he gives the game away.
 * Wrestler in All of Us: Among others, Mad Dog uses a spinning neckbreaker against
 * The machete gang leader does an alley oop on Rama.
 * Rama uses a facebuster variation on one of the machete gang
 * Wretched Hive: The apartment.
 * Rama uses a facebuster variation on one of the machete gang
 * Wretched Hive: The apartment.