The sudden emergence of "Raid"

Vito 2021-11-24 08:01:21

From Hong Kong action movies, kung fu movies, martial arts movies to American action movies, to Thai action movies based on Muay Thai. We have also experienced the changes of several generations of action movie superstars. Seeing that today, it seems that we have not seen an action movie to make us excited, and it feels that the action movie has reached a bottleneck. Until "Raid" came out, the new definition of action movies was refreshed again, and it was still possible to play like this. Push the action, violence, and blood to the extreme, and completely awaken this sleeping heart.

We haven’t paid much attention to the movies in Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as “Indonesia”) before, because we didn’t know that he had movies at all. It was a bit exaggerated, and even rarely mentioned this country. Both the economic and cultural influences are relatively weak. Therefore, the advent of "Raid" brought the country of Indonesia back to people's attention.

Looking at the current world of action movies, no matter which country’s action stars, old old, retired, retired, injured, the entire field of action movies has long been showing a situation where the old action stars are still struggling. Hold on, leaving the audience just endless sighs, old, really old, can't move. First Army: Jackie Chan 61 years old, Jet Li 52 years old, Stallone 69 years old, Swarzenegger 68 years old, Bruce Willis 60 years old, Sammo Hung 66 years old, etc.; Second Army: Jason Statham 48 years old, Donnie Yen 52 years old, Tony Jia is 39 years old, Wu Jing is 41 years old, etc.; Third Army: Shi Xiaolong is 27 years old, Wu Yue is 39 years old, Zhao Wenzhuo is 43 years old and so on. You will find that the first batch is old and can’t be moved, the second batch is getting old, obviously not as good as before, only Wu Jing is still in his prime of life, and the third batch has no masterpieces, no action style, and cannot be self-contained, and cannot be carried. Raise the banner. Then the problem is coming. The period of 20 to 40 years is a terrible vacuum period, which becomes the most obvious period of time. Therefore, the Second Army was over-consumed and the output was the highest, but the works were uneven, and there were still many bad films. The over-consumption of action stars was damaging to their own brand. In the end, Ikouais is 32 years old. After "Raid", he became a hit overnight, and he is just right, but whether he can become an action superstar is still unknown.

The sense of rhythm in "Assault 1" is really terrifying to use in it, there is no nonsense, it will call you into the drama every minute, and the sense of substitution is very strong. Of course, we are still as usual and habitually ignore the story itself. At the beginning, the action elements were few, mostly gunfights and assassinations. At this time, the bloody level was average, but the blood was splashing. By the time of 2/5, the action scenes began to be full, one after another group battles, individual battles, still more violent, completely belong to the R-level (forbidden to watch under the age of 18). Bending arms, wiping necks, etc. are all commonplace. Most of the viewers will burst into blood, and adrenaline will surge. The final BOSS battle is also the highest level in recent years. It was enjoyable, and it took a long time, and it was so enjoyable. Of course, all of this is based on a bloodier and more violent foundation. Back then, "Fighting Fighter" and "Tom Yum Kung" were also built on this basis. Why did they become popular and why they could be refreshed? They have completely different action styles, faster, stronger, and more ruthless, and are closer to actual combat. Thai-style action movies are violence. You will feel pain. The same is violent aesthetics. No one here is more beautiful. Only those with novel action designs, more violent and bloody, can better capture audiences and action fans. The representative figure of Muay Thai is Tony Jia, and the mixed martial arts (MMA) is of course Donnie Yen. "Slaying the Wolf" and "The Fuse" can be said to be masterpieces of this type, none of them. Especially "Fuse" played MMA to the extreme. Professionals saw it and thought it was a textbook. When Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, Trap, MMA, etc., the audience is no longer fresh, "Assault" takes us to another field, close combat (CQC), which is the most commonly used fighting technique in the military and troops. The characteristic is that it is simple and rude, and solves the enemy in the shortest time. Similar to Muay Thai, they both hit the joints.

This kind of simplicity and rudeness is in line with the aesthetics of the current audience, and the sensory stimulation can always make people excited. The excellent action design makes up for the weakness of the story. CQC is also the fighting technique being used by the Indonesian military, and it is also used in many countries. Ikou Aisi was originally a martial arts athlete. The agility of his skills and the precise combination of martial arts have greatly improved the quality of this movie. When it comes to the design difficulty of the action in "Assault 2: Thugs", it is worth talking about with a few more classic action scenes, and looking at the changes in the entire action film pattern, new attempts and new breakthroughs.

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The Raid: Redemption quotes

  • Jaka: [talking to his S.W.A.T. team] Okay, listen up. Our target is Tama Riyadi. I'm sure most of you know who I'm talking about. This man has become something of a legend in the underworld. Pushers, gangs, killers, they all respect him like a god. For the past 10 years his building has been a no-go zone for police. I don't care how big he is or who is behind him, he must be stopped. That enterprising fuck's been renting out rooms like it's an apartment, to any low-life piece of shit looking to keep his head down. Our mission is simple: we go in, and we take him out!

  • Rama: They'll come here. They'll tear this place to the ground.

    Andi: We'll be long gone before they get here.

    Rama: Then why do you stay?

    Andi: For the same reason you stayed in that uniform - it just fits.