Comments on: The Raid: Redemption

By: Mark Hobin

Mark Hobin — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 11:04:37 +0000

I was surprised with how this film has been elevated over many other martial arts films as if The Raid is high art. In fact it‘s very formulaic and I still don’t see what the fuss is about.

By: AndyK

AndyK — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:36:11 +0000

Just got round to watching this and relieved I’m not the only one to find this wholly unsatisfying. I tend to avoid martial arts films, because they’re too samey, although one or two I have liked. The worst thing about this is the dialogue – I wasn’t expecting much, but some of the quotes seemed to be deliberately cringe worthily bad – I laughed. A lot.

By: Mark Hobin

Mark Hobin — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:14:31 +0000

I can understand why you watched this. The film got great reviews, so you had to see for yourself. I no longer look at the percentage on rottentomatoes but rather which critics liked or disliked a film. Ebert is a pretty good guy to follow. Your other favorite critic ( ) also warned you about this so I’m not surprised you hated it. GMTA

By: The Cinemaniac

The Cinemaniac — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:06:26 +0000

I should have just listened to you. I hated this movie, even more than you did.

By: The Cinemaniac

The Cinemaniac — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:52:45 +0000

I was going to rent Cabin in the Woods today, but Redbox didn’t have it. Everything was “seen it”, “oh God no”, “seen it”, “why do they still make this crap”, “seen it”…you get the picture. Anyway, I rented this movie just to see what I thought of it. I’ll hope for the best, but after negative reaction from both Ebert and you, I’ll expect the worst.