But this could have been fine if it weren't so bogged down by too many ideas. Really, The Raid 2 could too easily have been an entirely separate Jakarta-set crime drama chock-full of brutal battle scenes and a convoluted plot. It's great to see him-and his outstanding martial arts skills-again, but it's nonetheless jarring. Starring: Iko Uwais, Tio Pakusadewo, Arifin Putra. He's back as a different hit man named Prakoso, this one cloaked in a ratty beard and bolstered with a tragic backstory. This action-packed sequel finds Rama working undercover as a prisoner to befriend Uco, the son of a powerful new crime lord, Bangun.
Further muddying the waters of this so-called sequel is the recasting of Yayan Ruhian, who memorably played Mad Dog in the first film. From there, Rama's arc is overshadowed by the brooding quest of Uco to prove himself as a man/crime boss.
Evans, who wrote and directed the action-packed thriller, races to cut out every surviving character from the first film-save Rama-in the first ten minutes. Upon the pair's release, a power struggle ignites that makes Rama's real identity the least of his worries.įirst off, it needs to be said that The Raid 2 is a sequel in only the most ornamental of terms. So, Rama goes undercover in prison to befriend Uco (Arifin Putra), the spoiled, power-hungry son of a top crime boss. They want to topple the organized crime of Jakarta, and to do it they need an inside man. Then, a special internal branch of the police force offers Rama a dangerous mission he can't turn down. Rama (Iko Uwais) has brought Lieutenant Wahyu (Pierre Gruno) to the authorities the wounded Bowo (Tegar Satrya) is promptly excused to receive medical care. Working for the anti-corruption taskforce led by the one person he can trust, Bunawar, he is given a mission to engage himself as an enforcer for a local mob. The Raid 2 picks up shortly after the story of The Raid: Redemption left off. A rookie member of an elite team of commandos, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back while his comrades-in-arms go ahead with their mission to take down a brutal crime lord called Tama (Ray. Following immediately after the events of THE RAID, Rama (Iko Uwais) is forced to reinvent himself as an undercover cop in order to provide protection for his wife and child.
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