Bam!
So here we go with my blog. This is something i had meant to start years ago, but never did due to multiple reasons (laziness being the main one). But whatever. This has happened so i'm going with it.
What can you expect from this? Reviews, synopsises and rants about movies, tv series, books, video games, and all that jazz, along with me complaining about things that piss me off. Things aren't going to be kept PC friendly and my views aren't for everyone, so expect some mind-altering levels of random hostility aimed towards people and things that maybe don't deserve it. Also expect creative swearing. Fuckpants.
Also expect spelling and grammar errors, since i rarely edit anything i write. That's the machine's job, not mine.
So let's go with Blog Numero Uno.
I could kick off my blog by talking about a lot of things, like how John Carter is garbage or why The Hunger Games is overwhelmingly mediocre or why Romeo and Juliet's romance was a broken, superficial mess and not the greatest tale of love that people make it out to be (he was a womaniser/virgin hunter and she was a naive, stupid virgin; do the fucking math).
Instead i'll use my time on something worth watching which you wont see anyway.
Do you like action? How about crazy martial arts stunts? Gun fights? Knife Fights? Explosive violence?
Go watch The Raid
It's an Indonesian action movie playing at some cinemas that will blow you away.
The story is simple: a team of twenty special forces cops raid a fifteen story apartment complex. Their target: the criminal kingpin that lives at the top floor. But there's a lot of hurdles in the way: the apartment complex is a haven for junkies and criminals, all of whom are eager to kill some cops. And they know the cops are coming. Uber-cop Rama is the main character, and he kicks major ass through it with some of the most brutal kung-fu skills seen in years. Of course, he can't act in any way shape of form, but he makes up for it by punching a lot of dudes in the face and slamming people's head into walls.
The action is fast paced and brutal. Gunfights, fist fights, knife fights and machete fights are spread thickly across the film's ninety minutes and all end in suitably gory fashion. Throats are slashed, necks are broken and brains are blown out with reckless glee. And it's all so amazingly fun. These are some of the best action sequences to come out of a film in years, beating the crap out of the high-budget, CGI laden Hollywood offerings that have swamped cinemas recently.
There are subtitles, but this isn't a dialogue heavy film. Moments of story and character development are short and sparse, so you won't be doing much reading if that sort of thing is an issue with you (in which case go away, you're missing out dozens upon dozens of great films and i have no use for you).
In the end, The Raid is just a fun, exciting movie that deserves to be seen. I can't really think of anything in particular that's wrong with it; it moves at breakneck speed and delivers all the goods.
So go watch The Raid. It gets my thumbs up.
One note: Despite the film being released this year, the Americans are already planning a remake. I take issue with this: The Raid is not the sort of movie you remake. A thinly plotted stunt-heavy action film like this is not something that needs to be remade. The stunts and action choreography are the film. Why change it? Why do it again?
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