The Raid

[dreamer_easy]

Rewatching "The Raid" (my last attempt was interrupted), I was struck by the opening scenes, which show the Muslim protagonist alternatively vigorously training and quietly praying. In a Western movie or TV show, this would be introducing a terrorist. In this Indonesian movie, it's introducing a morally upright police officer.

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[hnpcc]

Interesting, I'll keep an eye out for it. I also want to rewatch "The Siege" which I saw before 2001 - at that point it seemed implausible. Now... not so much.

[dreamer_easy]

Unfortunately, the movie starts with clever action pieces but devolves into a series of lengthy chop-socky fights...