Merantau (2009)
Directed by Gareth Evans
In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.
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The two collaborated on " Merantau " in 2009.
Welsh born director Gareth Huw Evans and Indonesian martial arts choreographer Iko Uwais follow up their 2009 cult flick Merantau by kicking up the action and violence to mind-boggling levels for The Raid: Redemption, a magnificently brutal and breathlessly exciting effort that will have even the most hardened action or kung-fu movie fans out there on the edge of their seats by the conclusion of Evansâ story in this blistering action flick.
Taking the genre to a higher level of intensity, the Welsh-born Evans continues what he started in previous Indonesia-set actioner "Merantau," but this pic will seal his cult status.
Whereas Evans’ first Indonesian-language feature with Uwais (2009's "Merantau") boasted a few cool fight sequences but was an otherwise mediocre film, “The Raid” is an unrelenting, action-packed can of whoop-ass that delivers one of the most fun moviegoing experiences of the past decade.
Their first collaboration, Merantau (aka Merantau Warrior, 2009), is a highly enjoyable action flick that introduced the world to the formidable talents of Uwais and his preferred martial art, Silat, an Indonesian form that had never really been showcased on film before.
The Raid: Redemption brings back the star of Evans’ 2009 actioner Merantau, Iko Uwais, who plays a rookie officer on a suicide mission, tasked to storm a dingy Jakarta apartment building controlled by a ganglord.