Movie Details
Title: Raid 2 (2025)
Genre: Action Thriller / Crime Saga / Neo-Noir
Director: Gareth Evans
Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan
Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Music: Ramin Djawadi
Genre: Action Thriller / Crime Saga / Neo-Noir
Director: Gareth Evans
Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan
Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Music: Ramin Djawadi
Starring: Iko Uwais, Florence Pugh, Joe Taslim, Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rina Sawayama
After the explosive fallout of the first Raid, Raid 2 expands into an international underworld of organized crime, corruption, and covert justice. Rama (Iko Uwais), now deep undercover and disillusioned, is pulled back into the fray when a secretive global crime syndicate—led by the calculating Yakuza boss Kenji Mori (Hiroyuki Sanada)—threatens to destabilize Southeast Asia’s fragile criminal alliances.
Assigned by a clandestine international task force, Rama must infiltrate a deadly triad of gangs stretching from Jakarta to Tokyo to London. Along the way, he’s forced into uneasy alliances: with Eliza (Florence Pugh), a ruthless MI6 agent with a personal vendetta; Yuda (Joe Taslim), a former rival turned vigilante; and a mysterious assassin named Kira (Rina Sawayama), whose loyalties remain hidden. Meanwhile, a quiet, philosophical hitman named Gray (Cillian Murphy) watches from the shadows, playing all sides.
Where the first film confined the action to claustrophobic spaces, Raid 2 explodes into a global canvas—high-speed chases through Bangkok, rain-soaked alley brawls in Osaka, and a final blood-soaked opera house showdown in Berlin. Every frame is a ballet of brutality.
Key Themes & Style:
- The Cost of Violence: Rama is no longer fighting for justice—he’s surviving a moral collapse, one blow at a time.
- Identity and Corruption: Everyone wears a mask—cop, killer, criminal. Trust is a luxury no one can afford.
- Globalized Crime: From the backstreets of Jakarta to neon-soaked Tokyo, the film explores how crime syndicates operate beyond borders.
- Brotherhood & Betrayal: Bonds are forged in blood but broken in silence.
Visual Style:
- Shot on 70mm with stark color contrasts: neon against shadow, blood against white suits, steel against skin.
- Brutal, meticulously choreographed long-take fight sequences with zero CGI.
- Evocative sound design by Ramin Djawadi blending industrial tones with traditional Eastern instrumentation.
- Cold, noir-inspired cinematography with grounded grit and operatic violence.