Rated 18A. Welsh director Gareth Evans doesn’t ask much of his actors in the eye-poppingly brutal The Raid: Redemption other than this: if you’re going to die, then die hard.

TIFF winner The Raid: Redemption is exhilarating to experience, but this is brutal stuff, with a body count that is high even by genre standards.

The star of Indonesian martial-arts movie The Raid: Redemption, opening Friday, could well be the next big thing in the martial arts world. Tony Wong is a former Television Critic for the Star ...

“The Raid: Redemption,” a Sony Pictures Classics release, is rated R for strong brutal violence throughout, and language. Indonesian with English subtitles. Running time: 100 minutes.

We are talking about the Indonesian action thriller The Raid (also known internationally as The Raid: Redemption), which was released in 2011 and impressed action movie lovers across the globe.

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