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V.21 No.15 | 4/12/2012
Indonesian idol Iko Uwais battles Evil Bob Marley

Film Review

The Raid: Redemption

Indonesian action flick cranks the martial arts genre up to 11

By Devin D. O’Leary

The Republic of Indonesia leaps, feet first, into the Asian action film biz with the absolutely insane export The Raid: Redemption. The filmmakers take a bit of Die Hard, a bunch of New Jack City and toss them both into a stewpot filled with kerosene. Then somebody drops a match. The result is, to quote every Facebook post these days: “Wow. Just ... wow.”

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