50 Greatest Action Movies Of All Time

39. The Raid (2011)

The Raid
Sony Pictures Classics

Who would have thought that an Indonesian martial arts flick from an unknown Welsh director would turn out to be one of the greatest action movies in recent memory? With the straightforward plot explained in the first five minutes, Gareth Edwards was free to let all hell break loose.

The pacing, editing, camerawork and fight choreography of The Raid are pitch-perfect, leading to a series of increasingly complex and brutal fight sequences that established the director and star Iko Uwais as two fearsome talents of the genre to be reckoned with.

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