a review of 突袭2：暴徒

Having really enjoyed The Raid: Redemption I had reasonably high expectations of The Raid 2, but I think the sequel doesn't reach the level of its predecessor. I found the characters and situations in The Raid 2 less convincing (as far as this genre can be credible ㋡). The fight scenes were not as tense and adrenalin-inducing as the fights in part 1. The fight scenes in part 2 felt too choreographed, and I found the characters too caricatural, like end boss characters from a retro fighting game (manga-like girl with hammers, guy with hoodie and baseball bat, etcetera). I also found the more stylized cinematography of part 2 distracting (a bit too many slow-motion scenes). I missed the grittiness and the claustrophobic eyewitness feeling I had in the building of The Raid: Redemption. The only scene that really made my heart beat faster in The Raid 2 was the kitchen fight near the end. That's how I like it: a solid duel between two skilled martial artists, in stead of dozens of stuntmen being thrown around like meat puppets.