Hi, I've got a pair of tickets to the M18
award-winning action blockbuster "The Raid: Redemption" (watch the
trailer at http://a.ly/53M) - highly
rated at 8.3/10 with 4 awards (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353)
at The Cathay on Wed 9 May 2012 at 9.20 pm) for sale
cheap!!!
UP : S$ 9.50 x 2 = S$19
SP : S$ 6.00 x 2 = S$12 (ie 37% Discount - You SAVE
$7 for nothing!)
Since you're watching this not-to-be-missed non-stop
action from start to finish anyway, why not save some money in the
meantime? If you are interested, do sms me NOW at 9-3-2-9-7-0-1-6
as the tickets are strictly available on a FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED
basis. Thankx :-)
About The Movie (http://a.ly/53M)
:
~ Best Action Movie In Decades ~
~ Action Movies Don't Get Much More Exciting Or
Inventive ~
In the Jakarta slums, a derelict apartment building
has become a no-go area - even the police are unwilling to enter.
It has become a safe-house for the most dangerous killers and
gangsters. A SWAT team infiltrate the building, under the cover of
darkness, to remove its owner - a notorious drug lord named Tama.
They become trapped in by the ruthless mobster and his army of
killers and thugs.
User Reviews (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353)
:
The "Star Wars" of action movie
I think other reviewers have explained the film
quite detail so I only write about the experience I get over this
film.
The background story is about a SWAT team trying to
bring a ruthless and untouchable crime lord to justice. However
this film is only focusing on a specific event in that story : THE
RAID part - that turns into a brutal, and bloody survival game.
It's become a final match or showdown between good vs bad guys. And
you should see it that way if you want to really enjoy
it.
We don't watch a final sport's match, any soccer,
football, MMA fight etc looking for the plot, do we? We come
because we want a great show, excellent executions and brutal take
down, and any other things that could rush our adrenalin to the
max. So forget about the plot!
We enter the building along with the good guys. We
scream, yell, jump etc every time they score, though some bad guys
are so nasty that they also caught our attention. We are scared,
worried, angry when their luck runs out. Our heart is pounding when
we know exactly or we think they're entering a deadly situations.
We hold our breath on some very tense moments (and this film has
quite a lot of it), even feel their pain. In the end we go home
feel that we're just attending a good. exciting and satisfying game
- which we want to see it again and again if we can, and the good
thing is, we certainly can.
The combination of the cinematography, choreography,
shot's angles, the original score (I'm curious how Mike Shinoda
will outperform an already good score), effects and the editing are
so perfect as if you're there. And if you think the trailer is
cool, it's just a tip on the ocean's surface from an enormous
iceberg below. The film itself is super-super
cool!
100 mins flies so fast and when the credit rolls, I
still sit there, thinking if I could catch the next show - which
sadly impossible because the ticket has sold out in minutes,
several days before.
Of course, The Raid is not without flaws. The
acting, the dialogs, the CGI, the twist - you know - those usual
unconvincing stuff which you can find even in some blockbuster
martial arts/action movies, can be improved. But overall it is a
superb action movie so I understand the high-praised comments from
those film festivals.
Now, you may wonder why I compare it to Star Wars.
Back then, when I first saw Star Wars, I was very amazed not by the
story, plots or the acting, but by the cinematography, special
effects, the laser saber duel, the sound effects, the robots, all
those hi-tech stuff which are so an eye opener that we have no
choice to compare the next sci-fi movies with it.
The Raid does the same thing for action genre. And I
will be waiting eagerly for the sequels or even the prequels just
like Star Wars.
This film is best seen with your group of friends
who enjoy hardcore and bloody fights, so you can cheer, scream,
yell, sigh together and talk about it (and probably count how many
ways to die/kill people in this film) on the way home. Go to toilet
before the shows so you don't miss any scenes. Snacks and drinks
could be considered as 'nice to have' items. I was seating on the
edge of my seat and my eyes were glued to the screen almost all the
time that I only sip my drink once in the first 10 minutes and
haven't touch my snack until the credit rolls.
9.5 out of 10!