Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

These films are brutally and disturbingly violent, but at the same time they are immensely watchable. The violence is portrayed in a lyrical way, almost artful, like a ballet. Not unlike the early films of John Woo, such as FACE OFF. The violence doesn't distract from the story telling, but enhances it, like Shakespeare did with his tragedies MACBETH, or HAMLET. The films are extremely well shot and very entertaining.

Movie: The Raid 2 (A): Action - Indonesian Positives:Without a second thought, it's the extremely well choreographed, jaw-dropping, fast paced and never-seen-before action which is the major highlight of the film. The kitchen fight is definitely the best I've seen in my life!Iko Uwais excels in the action sequences and even in the scenes requiring him to emote; He's really impressive. Rest of the cast also delivers extremely realistic performances. The story is very good; the way director Gareth Evans has blended highly impactful action into a story of this kind is commendable.Negatives:Undoubtedly, it's an out and out action movie meant to be watched more for the action than anything else and that's why the long duration, which is mostly due to the dramatic scenes might not go down well with everyone.But still the film is a complete entertainer!Repeat value: Definitely!THE RAID 2 is simply one of the best martial arts action films I've ever seen. Do yourself a favour; just grab some popcorn and enjoy this action-packed blockbuster! The killer action itself is worth the price of the ticket/DVD/BD!

In-flipping-sane. Ohhhhh myyyyyy lorddddd I couldn't keep me eyes off those fight scenes. Every kick, every punch and every head smash was filmed to absolute perfection. Martial arts have never looked this thrilling since...ever. Massive props to Gareth Evans, I tip my SnapBack off to you sir! So in this sequel we follow our sole survivor, Rama, who must go undercover in order to protect his family from his new hardcore reputation that is making him popular in the criminal underworld. I'll start with the negatives, the first half was an absolute drag. This did not need to be 150 minutes long, at all. Could've easily established the power hungry Uco, who has major daddy issues, in a solid 20 minutes as opposed to an hour. So the long runtime and slow paced first half are my only complaints. This, as an action film, is absolutely insane. The Indonesian Terminator from the predecessor has now been substituted by a hammer wielding deaf girl, a well aimed baseball bat wielding guy (who can kill by hitting baseballs with insane precision...) and the ultimate blade wielding badass since Blade himself. That kitchen fight sequence was savage. The choreography was perfection, I've never shouted "YEAH! STAB HIM!!" so much. Evidently, watching this is releasing my inner murderous personality. The action set pieces were creative, from decimating prisoners in mud to a frantic car chase in downtown Jakarta...majestic. Some technical excellence from Evans, who performed such a great tracking shot that consists of going through 3 different cars in a chase scene. The use of blood and gore is ridiculously insane, great makeup effects. Even the no nonsense dialogue was insanely savage. Did I mention this film was both savage and insane? Remove the first half, and it's perfection...but we can't so it shall get a decent rating instead. So much more juicier than the first!

Quite simply one of the greatest action films ever made. If you like action watch this film!The action scenes are so beautifully choreographed it ranks as a FULL 10. No ifs or buts, this is currently THE action standard by which other films need to be judged. The action starts as top-notch and keeps improving as the film progresses.It also has a decent plot although possibly overlong in this respect. We don't expect a classic musical to have the world's best plot, so why an action movie? So many critics fail on this point!The director, Gareth Evans, is going to be seriously big in the industry as are his cohorts Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian who contributed the unbelievably good action sequences.The fact that this was produced for an estimated under $5m is shameful on Hollywood.Watch it, be amazed, get a huge fix of adrenaline, and wonder why Hollywood can't get close to the raw intensity generated by these action scenes.