With its brutal hard-hitting fight scenes and simple yet effective narrative, the Indonesian action flick The Raid made quite a splash when it was released a couple of years back. Simultaneously putting Indonesian cinema back on the map and making director Gareth Evans a name to keep a close eye on, the film was a relentless and exhausting tour de force that resonated strongly with Western audiences. So given its resounding success, Evans quickly announced that he would be following up the film with two sequels. It was hard to imagine where the series would head following the single-setting of […]