Dangerghost

skeetonmischa:

Over the weekend, I finally saw The Raid: Redemption which some fan boy sites have called one of the the greatest action films ever made. The film is a lot of fun and really well done, but it’s not one for the action film history books. I understand the fan boy community’s reaction to the film; the camera work is not necessarily overtly herky jerky and it doesn’t have that bloated run time that most mainstream action films have. However, at the end of the day, The Raid: Redemption is just Assault On Precinct 13 in an apartment building. It’s a John Carpenter film without Kurt Russell and the lens flares. 

I’m not saying that it’s a bad film. It’s not, it’s a lot of fun and ideal to watch with a group of friends. I was just expecting some great mind blowing action sequence. I was expecting something like this fight scene from Chan-wook Park’s Old Boy.

I was gonna write about The Raid: Redemption, but Doug already took what was in my brain and put it to the interwebs.

That said, however, the camera was waaaaaaay herky jerky. I was annoyed many times.