Made for just ~$1 million US Dollars, this Indonesian martial arts/action film garnered worldwide attention and influenced the genre ever since.

With breathless, realistic sequences and brutal, stylized action, it's an action fans' delight.

And with a slight mix of survival horror and a documentary film style, filmmaker Gareth Evans shows off some cinematic skills.

But while The Raid is well-known in many circles, it's still arguably underseen.

Let's pile on the hype machine for a movie that, for me, can live up to it.

I'm talking all the things The Raid 2011, and I hope you'll listen.

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