The Raid 2 (2014)
The original 'The Raid' is a masterpiece of action cinema, brutality captured eloquently on film and every fight both visceral and gorgeous to look at. So you'd think that a sequel could not possibly be better. That assumption would be wrong, as this one is in fact even better. Damn you, Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais! Picking up shortly after the events of the first one, our protagonist Rama (Uwais) is contacted by a police officer to go undercover in a prison to root out the rampant corruption in the police force and to take down the bigger crime cartels. Rama accepts on the promise that the assignment would be a few months, but it takes two years for him to be released. Because he saved the life of the son of one of the big mobster bosses, he is taken in by the organisation and is tasked with keeping said son safe, which is easier said than done because he is a total prick with daddy issues and can't wait to take over even if he is by no means ready for it. So of cour...
