A Brief Comment on "The Raid"

It was the first time I watched an Indonesian movie, and it was a kung fu action movie, but it was unexpectedly brutal. Personally, I think Gareth Evans is a very thoughtful and courageous director, although he was not well known before. In this "Assault", he made the action scenes to the extreme, and also simplified other parts, including the plot, characters, etc., to the extreme: a building, the righteous and the evil, the righteous with a boss who colluded with the bad guys, and the villain. There is a brother who is against the water, and there is only so much worth saying. Of course, if you look at the storyline, you will be 100% scolding your mother, but if you put aside all the original action elements, you will definitely get an extremely satisfying viewing experience.

Overall, the director created a violent aesthetic that combines authenticity and intensity. The former refers to the real action style of real swords and real guns, and achieves dazzling effects through sophisticated design and editing; while the latter refers to the proportion of fighting scenes, whether it is hot weapons or cold weapons. , or fists and kicks, one after another, overwhelmed the audience. The combination of the two forms a concentrated explosive effect similar to "forced marketing", giving the audience the greatest audio-visual experience.

The film uses a lot of close-quarters fighting techniques CQC, and the protagonist Iko Uwais is also a Kashira (a martial arts originating from Indonesia, Malay and other places, also known as Indonesian boxing). or Malay Boxing) martial arts masters. Personally, I think that Southeast Asians are limited by their height and weight, so they are very suitable for this kind of light, ruthless, and one-trick way of conquering the enemy. For example, the more famous Muay Thai is also the same, with both a sense of speed and lethality. Although it is quite different from traditional Chinese martial arts, it is also highly ornamental. In addition, I would like to add a digression. It is unpleasant to say that in the current situation that Chinese martial arts are declining day by day, especially the massive loss of competitive fighting skills, if you encounter a Muay Thai player of the same level in actual combat, most of them will end in failure.

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