History Characters / TheRaid

* ArmorIsUseless: Though he ditches his body armor half-way through movie one, it actually does protect him during the fight with the Machete gang. One member lands a blow on him which cuts the armor, but Rama is unharmed.
* BaldOfAwesome: In ''Berandal''.
* CombatPragmatist: If he isn't beating you to death with his fists, he's either throwing things, kicking, breaking, stabbing, slamming, headbutting, and slicing you with your own knife.

* LightningBruiser: You'd be hard-pressed to find ''anyone'' who is faster, stronger, and out and out more Badass than Rama.
** Except [[MemeticBadass Mad Dog.]]

* TheStoic: Rama can emote when he needs to, but he keeps up a stone faced calmness through much of his appearances.
* TookALevelInBadass: Not to say he wasn't an excellent fighter before, but in the sequel he level grinds in badassery when he's in prison.

->'''Played by:''' Yayan Ruhian

* ProperlyParanoid: As he puts it, he's persistently paranoid of everyone else, hence why he relies on security cameras to keep tabs on everyone. He turns out to be right in his suspicions of Andi after his cameras catch him and Rama.

* PostFinBoss: He's already a NonActionBigBad to begin with, but Wahyu captures him with little resistance while the brothers have their climactic battle with [[TheDragon Mad Dog]]. By that point, dealing with Tama wraps up the film's plot and nothing more.

* TheDreaded: Played with. His reputation as a vicious and powerful fighter proceeds him, but not too many people actually know what he looks like.

* FinalBoss: Tama has no fighting capability whatsoever and is easily subdued once Wahyu reaches him, leaving Mad Dog as the most climactic opponent for the film.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When he has Jaka at gunpoint, he disarms himself, feeling hand to hand combat is a more worthy endeavor. He even let'sRama untie and bandage Andi's wounds before allowing them to assume fighting stances and attack him. His actor states that it's because he enjoys the thrill of hand to hand combat, and the rush of killing someone with his bare hands.

* AffablyEvil: He's a friendly gangster and quick to joke around
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: This is why he became a gangster.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Ultimately his reason for helping Rama out.
* CombatPragmatist: His status as a gangster would make him this by default, but he really takes the cake when he [[spoiler: uses a piece of broken fluorescent tube to stab Mad Dog in the neck from behind.]]
* CurbStompBattle: During his and Rama's final showdown with Mad Dog, he got punished A LOT more than Rama did. He managed to land some good and damaging hits thou.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When he has Jaka at gunpoint, he disarms himself, feeling hand to hand combat is a more worthy endeavor. He even let'sRama untie and bandage Andi's wounds before allowing them to assume fighting shim. His actor states that it's because he enjoys the thrill of hand to hand combat, and the rush of killing someone with his bare hands.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's a fairly short man, shorter than Andi and Rama. He can also match both of them together.

* TheDragon: While he and Andi are set up as CoDragons at first, Mad Dog fills the role much better, being the most powerful underling under Tama and being the one to fight the heroes. It helps that Andi defects in the middle of the film.
* DragonInChief: Works for Tama, but is considerably more powerful and dangerous than him.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When he has Jaka at gunpoint, he disarms himself, feeling hand to hand combat is a more worthy endeavor. He even let's Rama untie and bandage Andi's wounds before allowing them to assume fighting stance and attack him. His actor states that it's because he enjoys the thrill of hand to hand combat, and the rush of killing someone with his bare hands.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While fighting Mad Dog 3 on 1 would still probably end up with them dying, Dagu's not very happy to have been ordered to abandon Jaka in order to protect Wahyu.

* LightningBruiser: You'd be hard pressed to find ''anyone'' who is faster, stronger and out and out more Badass than Rama.

* ProperlyParanoid: Exhibits this trait after his release from prison as part of his infiltration in Bangun’s gang. The first thing he does when he gets a new set of clothes is check for a wire and promptly tear it out when he finds it. When he get to his apartment, he turns up the music loud, swaps out the SIM card he had and chews out his boss for planting a wire on him when the first meeting Bangun, he had Rama do is strip so he can check the latter’s clothes for a wire. He also orders Bunawar and his men to keep their distance due to the danger Bangun and his gang pose.

* NoKillLikeOverKill: When struggling against a gangster, Jaka ends up slamming him against a table and unloading ''three'' point blank shots into his head.

* GameBreakingInjury: Getting shot in the stomach during the opening shoot out incapacitates him for the rest of the film.

* DirtyCoward: When the shooting starts up he's near paralyzed with fear, though when the team is cornered, he's up and shooting with the rest. He runs from Mad Dog... which is understandable, and when he Dagu and Rama are thrown into unarmed combat, Wahyu does his best even if he isn't as skilled as the other two. [[spoiler:Killing Dagu and using Tama as a way out, however, cements him as this]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Twice: [[spoiler:In the first movie it's part of the reason he's offed in addition to YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. His corrupt superiors don't need him, and he knows too much about their operation to let him life. In the sequel Bunawar has him killed because he knows Rama's alive, and Bunawar needs Rama to fake his death in order to get into the crime syndicate. Ironically he doesn't think Wahyu knows enough about the corruption to be useful, as the superiors can just shrug off the accusations.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:With the reveal of him being a DirtyCop, all of his take downs of gangsters end up falling under this trope. Most notably his murder of Tama]]

* TheBigGuy: While Rama's a better fighter, it seems that Dagu is stronger physically, as he's seen lifting heavy objects as well as his foes. His fighting style reflects it, as his strikes are slower but heavier and feature ample UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} pivots as opposed to Rama's rapid fire.

* TellMeHowYouFight: He's very aggressive during the drug lab fight - he's the first through the door, tackling and body slamming a thug into debris, chokeslamming another, and full-on sprinting at an attacker while charging straight through projectiles being thrown at him. He's a head on fighter that runs straight towards his opponents, [[spoiler:which results in him charging ahead of Rama and Andi, but alongside Wahyu, who betrays and shoots him.]]

* BigGood: He's a high ranking officer doing his best to suss out the corruption within the police force and take down the gangsters. Rama works under him in the sequel and his machinations set off the plot.

* GreaterScopeVillain: As a corrupt higher up official, the many gangs are in a mad frenzy to curry his favor. He's only mentioned by name at the end of the first film, but it's clear that the titular Raid was from his manipulations to [[spoiler:kill Wahyu as he was a loose end]]. He finally appears in the second film, and part of Bejo's gambit is to get his attention so he can have such a high ranking official in his pocket. Reza makes it clear that he's happy with the war as he can gain more money and influence.

* OhCrap: He has a beautiful one, [[spoiler: the moment Ucok aims the shot gun at him.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: While Tama doesn't really have many scenes, he does come off as a mild mannered man mocking those around him who he's about to sentence to death. Even when he's ordering the death of the Swat team, he reminds all of his underlings to have fun.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his gang affiliation, both Rama and their father still love him, with Rama vowing to his father get him out the building alive at beginning of first movie and [[spoiler: his murder]] at the hands of Bejo being a driving force behind the plot of the second movie. His father is also grief stricken when the latter is at his[[spoiler: funeral]]

* {{Foil}}: To Rama. Both are very competent fighters but Prakoso is an aging assassin while Rama is a cop, relatively new to the force. They were both forced to leave their families behind due to their respective occupations. They both also can take on numerous oppenents at the same time, however Prakoso is eventually killed buy Bejo’s top assassin when he is too exhausted to fight after fighting against numerous men. Rama is able to fight numerous men and continue to fight and [[spoiler: kill]] Bejo’s top three assassins: Baseball bat man, hammer girl, and the aforementioned assassin.
* HonoraryUncle: His interactions and Uco's conversations to his father imply that Prakoso was this to Uco.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Like Mad Dog before him, Ruhian stands at 5' 4'' and is easily one of the most powerful fighters around. Though unlike Mad Dog, there's less down facing camera shots and scenes with him next to taller characters, so it's not as emphasized as it was in the first film.

* TragicVillain: He was good at killing and not much else. He applies his trade as a mob assassin to help provide for his child. His wife detests him and his work and makes it clear she wants the child to grow up away from his father's bloody work. [[spoiler:And she gets her wish after he dies by the Assasin's hands]].

* WorfHadTheFlu: His death at the hands of The Assassin ''should'' be an example of [[TheWorfEffect the parent trope]], but considering Prakoso had just [[OneManArmy demolished twenty]] or so {{Mooks}} and [[DentedIron suffered severe injuries doing so]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realisticlly]] this trope is definitely in play.

* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Gave the order]] of some of inmates to kill Uco while the latter two were in prison and offers up the men to be killed when they are released.

* ConspicuousGloves: Much like his SinisterShades, Bejo always wears a pair of distinctive black gloves on his hands at all time, even when eating. In part [[spoiler:it's to help cover his gang tattoo]].

* CombatPragmatist: Like Mad Dog, The Assassin enjoys a good fight and when Rama finally faces off against him both assume fighting stances and prepare for a bout. Unlike Mad Dog, The Assassin treats his job more as a job than an excuse to fight, and when he starts losing the fist fight, he breaks out his karambits.

** He defeats and kills Prakroso, after the hitman has completely destroyed and killed countless mooks without breaking a sweet. But the Assassin engages him in a fight when Prakroso is severely injured and tired from all the fighting, and he was unarmed whereas the Assassin had his karambits.

* PsychopathicManchild: Gareth Evans describes he and his sister as childish in their mannerisms as a result of their upbringing. He even states that when Baseball Bat Man whacks his baseball's at his enemies, he asks for the ball back partly to taunt them and also because he wants them to actually give him the balls back.

* BigBrotherInstinct

* [[Foil]]: To Rama. Both are very competent fighters but Prakoso is an aging assassin while Rama is a cop, relatively new to the force. They were both forced to leave their families behind due to their respective occupations. They both also can take on numerous oppenents at the same time, however Prakoso is eventually killed buy Bejo’s top assassin when he is too exhausted to fight after fighting against numerous men. Rama is able to fight numerous men and continue to fight and [[spoiler: kill]] Bejo’s top three assassins: Baseball bat man, hammer girl, and the aforementioned assassin.

* TragicVillain: He was good at killing and not much else. He applies his trade as a mob assassin to help provide for his child. His wife detests him and his work and makes it clear she wants the child to grow up away from his father's bloody work.

* WorfHadTheFlu: His death at the hands of The Assassin ''should'' be an example of [[TheWorfEffect the parent trope]], but considering Prakoso had just demolished twenty or so Mooks and suffered severe injuries doing so, it probably counts as this.

* PsychopathicManchild: Gareth Evans describes her as such, being a violent child in an adult's body as a result of her upbringing. Scenes like where she's dazing off and her brother needs to pull her out and she almost forgets her hammers were meant to convey this.

* BadBoss: [[soiler: Gave the order]] of some of inmates to kill Uco while the latter two were in prison and offers up the men to be killed when they are released.

* TattooedCrooks: Uco realizes that Bejo ordered the attempt on the former’s life when Uco discovers that Bejo sports the same tattoo as one of the men that Uco killed when Bejo offered them up.

* Foil: To Rama. Both are very competent fighters but Prakoso is an aging assassin while Rama is a cop, relatively new to the force. They were both forced to leave their families behind due to their respective occupations. They both also can take on numerous oppenents at the same time, however Prakoso is eventually killed buy Bejo’s top assassin when he is too exhausted to fight after fighting against numerous men. Rama is able to fight numerous men and continue to fight and [[spoiler: kill]] Bejo’s top three assassins: Baseball bat man, hammer girl, and the aforementioned assassin.

* WorfHadTheFlu: He floors Rama when he surprises him in their first fight, but when they fight on even terms, [[spoiler:Rama wins.]] Turns out the surprise mattered.

* ProperlyParanoid: Exhibits this trait after his release from prison as part of his infiltration in Bangun’s gang. The first thing he does when he gets a new set of clothes is check for a wire and promptly tear it out when he finds it. When he get to his apartment, he turns up the music loud, swaps out the SIM card he had and chews out his boss for planting a wire on him when Bangun made him strip so he can check Rama’s clothes for a wire. He also orders Bunawar and his men to keep their distance due to the danger Bangun and his gang pose.

* Foil: To Rama.