

Dropping to the room below, the team struggles to fend off Tama's thugs the three other officers are killed and Bowo is gravely wounded. Rama uses an axe to create a hole in the floor so the team can descend to the lower level.

The remaining officers-Rama, Bowo, Jaka, Wahyu, Dagu, and three others-retreat to an empty apartment and are cornered by more armed thugs. The remaining team members are ambushed by shooters from above and are almost completely wiped out. Wahyu confesses to Jaka that he staged the mission so he can eliminate Tama, who is in league with corrupt police officials, including himself the mission is not officially sanctioned by police command, and there will be no reinforcements. Tama then cuts the lights and announces over the PA system that the rest of the officers are on the sixth-floor stairwell, and that he will grant permanent residence to those who kill them.
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Taking advantage of the chaos outside, Tama's men successfully set themselves free and manage to regain control of the first five floors. Tama calls in reinforcements, including a pair of snipers who pick off officers guarding the block's exterior, and a group of gunmen who destroy the truck they are using. Continuing to the sixth floor, the team is spotted by two young lookouts, one of whom raises the alarm. Arriving undetected, the team sweeps the first floor and subdue various tenants they also meet a law-abiding tenant named Gofar delivering medicine to his sick wife.

Together with his lieutenants Andi and Mad Dog, Tama runs the block and allows criminals and addicts to rent rooms under his protection. Rookie Brimob officer Rama trains before joining a 20-man squad led by Sergeant Jaka and Lieutenant Wahyu for a raid on an apartment block with the intent of arresting crime lord Tama Riyadi. A third film was considered but Evans decided not to go forward with the project. Both films showcase the traditional Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat, with fight choreography led by Uwais and Yayan Ruhian. Ī sequel, The Raid 2, was released in 2014. It was released in the United States on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 14 August 2012. The US release of the film features a film score composed by Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese. The name of the film was changed to The Raid: Redemption in the United States as distributor Sony Pictures Classics could not secure the rights to the title it also allowed Evans to plan out future titles in the series. In the film, an elite squad is tasked to infiltrate a high-rise building run by a ruthless drug lord in the slums of Jakarta among them is Rama (played by Uwais), a veteran member of the team.Īfter its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), The Raid received positive reviews from critics. The film stars Iko Uwais, who previously worked with Evans in another action film, Merantau, released in 2009. The Raid is a 2011 Indonesian action thriller film written, directed and edited by the Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans.
