Discover one of the most violent action films of the 2010s, whose ultraviolence earned it an under-16 ban with warning.
If The Raid first of the name had already collected a ban for children under 16 when it was released in theaters in 2012, its sequel did even better if we can say, by being classified “Forbidden for children under 16 with warning “. But how did she manage to go further than the ultraviolence of the first opus?
The Raid 2 makes the assumed choice to push the sliders from all points of view. The first film was behind closed doors in a building designed like a video game in which the floors follow one another and oppose the hero to “bosses” at regular intervals. The second adds a developed plot and above all varied exteriors to give free rein to the most violent delusions of director Gareth Evans.
But in reality, The Raid 2 was already planned by the filmmaker in his youth, for lack of budget, had to shoot a less ambitious film: The Raid. It is thanks to the success of this first film that he was finally able to realize his dream and put his past project into images by linking it to the plot of The Raid.
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The first ultra-impressive sequence is around 30 minutes into the film when dozens of people clash in the mud in a sequence shot of more than 4 minutes. The feature film is then strewn with bloody choreographies: skull shattered on the ground, blows given with a hammer, with a steel bat, butchering, etc.
We also remember a mind-blowing 7-minute car chase that spectators have never forgotten. Finally, the assault in the kitchen, a bloody face-off between two of the main characters, could deserve its severe classification on its own.
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A feature film not to be put in front of all eyes, therefore, but also to (re)discover for its strong homage to the great mafia films.