If there’s a better action film this year, ‘The Raid’ will kick its ass into nonexistence.
Action Rod Lott
Fans of pure action cinema are apt to grow delirious with glee over The Raid: Redemption,
an Indonesian crime thriller that relies so much upon the universal
language of violence, one could enjoy it without subtitles.
CFN Gazette staff
How many make-believe cops can you name off the bat? Let’s see … there’s
Sgt. Joe Friday, Dirty Harry, Axel Foley … oh, and John Doak. If the
name of Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner doesn’t immediately strike
fear among the criminal kind, it’s certainly not for lack of trying.
Doak’s agency
has bolstered its anti-fraud unit by spending more than $180,000 on
police cars, pump-action shotguns, bulletproof vests and the like.