Fragems wrote:Watched a ton of stuff recently.
Dragon Tiger Gate
Born To Fight
The Raid 2
Dragon Tiger Gate
Although being a wee bit cheesy and over the top this was a pretty good film. Plenty of massive fight scenes, a good mixture of martial arts styles and weapons, and decent production values. The only part of the movie that kind of turned me off was the final battle which involved a lot of special effects which were definitely the weak point of the movie.
Born to Fight
This was an awesome Thailand action film. Amazing stunts and fights the actors and stuntmen really put their all into this movie and it shows. The plot as a whole may be somewhat basic it keeps the adrenaline pumping and sets things up for a pretty awesome struggle. The only somewhat goofy part of the film is the athletes some of their moments were a little humorous such as a soccer player sniping a guy out of a watchtower with a soccer ball. Overall I really liked it and was down right amazed that nobody got killed during production there were a lot of close calls throughout the film and the outtakes in the end credits showed some of the stunts that went bad.
Worst close call involved a guy literally getting within a couple of inches of getting his head under the back tires of a tractor trailer. As much as I respect the live action stunts they really need some safety regulations tossed in over there
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The Raid 2
Really good movie wish I had seen the original first though since I felt like I was missing out a bit with a few of the characters. The action was top notch though and while down right insane at times the moves were believable and very well choreographed. The whole gang politics side of it also reminded me of the two Outrage films I watched recently which was definitely a good thing. Didn't check out the english dub but the subs were very good quality.
On another note the claw hammer action in this movie was probably the most gruesome I have seendefinitely did a great job of showing just how brutal a weapon it can be.
The Raid 2 does a good job of giving people who haven't seen the first movie all the info they need to follow the story, but there are two big benefits from seeing the first movie. It makes the opening scene much more significant. To newcomers, that scene doesn't have much impact. There's also an actor who plays a major role in the first movie playing a different role in The Raid 2. It's sort of a fun wink to the fans. I actually thought it was the same character at first

