Film The Raid 2: Berandal baru saja melakukan gelaran World Premierenya di Festival Film Sundance 2014. Dan film ini mendapatkan sambutan yang luar biasa dari para penonton termasuk jurnalis yang memadati salah satu venue festival di kota Utah tersebut. Standing ovation pasca film selesai dan banjir pujian di jagat twitter menandakan betapa Gareth Evans kembali berhasil memukau audiens di Amerika Utara setelah lebih dari 2 tahun lalu ia berhasil memukau publik Toronto dengan The Raid.
Banjir pujian di twitter menyatakan bahwa The Raid 2 jauh lebih baik dari film pertamanya. Kali ini Evans tidak hanya mengandalkan adegan aksi, namun juga plot kisah yang tidak bisa dianggap sembarangan. Bahkan beberapa orang ada yang menyandingkannya dengan film Goodfellas. Sementara adegan aksinya membuat banyak orang terpana. Mulai dari adegan perkelahian, hingga car chase sequence yang dianggap setara dengan film-film Bourne. Bahkan satu komentar menyatakan bahwa salah satu franchise terbesar di dunia film, Fast & Furious, perlu belajar kepada Evans bagaimana menampilkan car chase sequence yang keren.
Berikut adalah komentar-komentar dari jagad twitter yang berhasil kami rangkum pasca acara World Premiere film The Raid 2. Film ini akan tayang secara luas 28 Maret 2014.
THE RAID 2 is just fucking insane. Some of the best action sequences I've ever seen. And I don't know how it gets an R. Wow. Just wow.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) January 22, 2014
Sundance 2014 First Impression: THE RAID 2 Is More Epic Than We Ever Imagined http://t.co/USnh39tl39
— TWITCH (@TwitchFilm) January 22, 2014
The prison riot scene in "The Raid 2" sets a new standard for action scenes. Amazing and inventive.
— Matthew Kreutzer (@mattkreutzer) January 22, 2014
IF YOU LIKED THE PART WITH THE BROKEN DOOR NECK BODY SLAM IN RAID 1 WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH A BASEBALL BAT
— The Wolfman Cometh (@TheWolfman) January 22, 2014
The Raid 2 is downright epic in drama, scope, and of course the most insane action you can imagine. Holy hell.
— Bryan Bishop (@bcbishop) January 22, 2014
Can't even imagine the money every studio will be throwing at Gareth Evans now. This movie is just so much bigger and better than THE RAID.
— Devin Faraci (@devincf) January 22, 2014
Raid 2: Relentlessly brutal violence dialed to the maximum. Unbelievable body count + insane fights = operatic level of mayhem. #Sundance
— Raffi Asdourian (@zaffi) January 22, 2014
Seriously, @ghuwevans needs to teach a class to American action directors to show them how it's done. THE RAID 2 is an action masterpiece.
— Ethan Anderton (@Ethan_Anderton) January 22, 2014
The Raid 2 also features possibly the best prison riot I've ever seen, and the best car chase this side if the Greengrass Bourne flicks
— Jonathan M. Boehle (@jm_boehle) January 22, 2014
My hats off to @ghuwevans (THE RAID 2) & @Lilyinapad (A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT) on making @sundancefest 2014 it's best one ever!
— Danny Rubio (@PeedUpProd) January 22, 2014
THE RAID 2 sets a spectacular new benchmark for vehicular action. The Fast and the What, again?
— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) January 22, 2014
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The Raid 2 made me pregnant.
— Jordan Raup (@jpraup) January 22, 2014