I would never thought Gareth Evans would out do his original film, but he did it in spades. It's easily one of the best or probably THE best action/martial arts/whatever film ever made. He really stepped up his game in terms of directing and cinematography. He pretty much took his original concept and open the box to the outside world and combined it with a bunch of classic type action films. Imagine a combination of Departed/Infernal Affairs + Die Hard + any number of classic yakuza films + Bruce Lee's Game of Death + any fighting video game characters + Car chase from Ronin + the violence of The Raid. For a 2 and a half hour movie, no scene was wasted, nothing really dragged. What the Raid 2 have that the original didn't have was build up, the movie starts off pretty tamed and it just escalates and escalates. Hammer Girl, Bat Boy, and the Assassin were incredible, they are like video game characters that came to life and I mean that in the best possible way. They kicked ass. Iko Uwais as Rama really brought in the humanity side of it more so than the first one. This is the movie you don't want to miss this year or in your life. 10/10
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Saw it again and it still rocks... 9.5/10
Fargo
Finally after all these years I finally sat through the entire thing. I loved it. There's a reason why it's a classic and dat William H Macy, Steve Buscemi, and Peter Stormare were all great.
Finally saw this movie after hearing all the praise. Insanity; pure insanity. This is hands down the best action film I've seen in recent memory. To be honest, it might have edged out Hard Boiled as my favorite - although that could change after I see The Raid 2. I cannot wait to find out!
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