History Film / TheRaid

* AnyoneCanDie: You know the story is going to be like this when most of the SWAT cops are killed in the opening shootout. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, only Lt. Wahyu, Rama, and Bowo survive the raid.]]

* BloodKnight: Mad Dog, who gets no pleasure from shooting people, but really enjoys beating them to death with his bare hands. Twice he handicaps himself when he has an advantage to provide his enemies a fighting chance. He seems to get an almost sexual pleasure from hurting people, as evidenced when he kills [[spoilers:Jaka.]]

* BloodKnight: Mad Dog, who gets no pleasure from shooting people, but really enjoys beating them to death with his bare hands. Twice he handicaps himself when he has an advantage to provide his enemies a fighting chance.

-->-- '''Tama''''s villainous rousing speech which explains the whole premise of the movie.

!! ''The Raid'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As the leader of the SWAT team, Jaka [[spoiler:is the only character who can fight Mad Dog mano a mano and not get immediately beaten down.]]

* BerserkButton: Don't mess with Jaka for anything that comes to his men, like prevent him for secarching Bowo and Rama. [[spoiler:Wahyu learned this one the hard way.]]

* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Tama's HannibalLecture to Wahyu at near the end was enough to cause Wahyu to give up on bringing Tama to justice and simply murder him, then he tries [[DrivenToSuicide to shoot himself]].]]

* ChromosomeCasting: Both villains and policemen are all men.

* CombatPragmatist: Both the SWAT team and the goons believe in this.

** Additionally, most versions of the cover play up the "20 Elite Cops. 30 Floors of Hell." The truth is that most of the cops are undertrained rookies, nearly all of them die pretty early on, and the building in question only goes up to floor 15 (as seen in the wide shot when the team is approaching).
* CowboyCop: The whole SWAT team becomes this after they've been spotted; Rama stands out particularly. If he's not beating bad guys to a pulp, he either stabs them and slash their legs or throats. Considering the fact that they're stuck in hostile territory with no way out and no chance of rescue, it's more justified than usual.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Mad Dog. He explicitly explains this to [[spoiler:Jaka]]: he says it takes away the "rush" that comes with fist-fights (Or in Indonesian : ("[[MemeticMutation Nggak ada gregetnya]]").

* DropTheHammer: Tama uses a claw hammer to kill a hostage.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The corrupt authorities who ordered the mission and warned Tama. Reza is named dropped, but it's implied that there are others.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The movie ends with Andi taking over the Tama's crime syndicate but the corrupt forces that sent Lt. Wahyu still out there, setting the stage for the sequel, ''The Raid 2: Berandal''.]]

->''"Good morning, friends. You may have heard that we have some uninvited guests. I didn't invite them and they are certainly not welcome here. For the benefit of everybody here, you are welcome to provide assistance in exterminating these insects, and as reward you shall live here rent-free. You may greet our uninvited guest on the sixth floor. Good hunting... And don't forget to have fun."''

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As the leader of the SWAT team, Jaka [[spoiler:is the only character who can fight Mad Dog in a mano a mano and not getting immediately beaten down.]]

* BerserkButton: Don't mess with Jaka for anything that comes to his men, like prevent him for secarching Bowo and Rama. [[spoiler:Wahyu learned this on a hard way.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Rama is normally a kind and gentle man, but he will kick your ass seriously in a fight.

* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Tama's HannibalLecture to Wahyu at near the end was enough to cause Wahyu to try [[DrivenToSuicide shooting himself]].]]

* ColdSniper: The two snipers who take out the SWAT's perimeter guard. They even wound one of the guards, and use his screaming to find other SWAT officers to calmly pick them off.

* CowboyCop: The whole SWAT team becomes this after they've been spotted, Rama stands out particularly. If he's not beating bad guys to pulp, he either stabs them and slash their legs or throats. Considering the fact that they're stuck in hostile territory with no way out and no chance of rescue, it's more justified than usual.

''Serbuan Maut'' (''Deadly Assault'' or ''Death Raid''), known as ''The Raid: Redemption'' [[MarketBasedTitle in English-speaking countries]], is a 2011 Indonesian martial-arts [[ActionGenre action]] film directed by Gareth Evans. The movie stars martial artist Iko Uwais in the leading role, making this his second team-up with Evans (the first being ''Film/{{Merantau}}'').

** Additionally, most versions of the cover play up the "20 Elite Cops. 30 Floors of Hell." The truth is that most of the cops are undertrained rookies, nearly all of them die pretty early on, and floors 16 and up aren't especially important to the plot, since the mission is only to get to the 15th floor.

* PopStarComposer: The soundtrack for the English-language release was written by Music/LinkinPark's Mike Shinoda.

* RuleOfCool: The film itself could be alternatively titled ''Rule of Cool: Indonesia Showdown''.

''Serbuan Maut'' (''Deadly Assault'' or ''Death Raid''), known as ''The Raid: Redemption'' [[MarketBasedTitle in English-speaking countries]], is a 2011 Indonesian martial-arts action film directed by Gareth Evans. The movie stars martial artist Iko Uwais in the leading role, making this his second team-up with Evans (the first being ''Film/{{Merantau}}'').

* Determinator: Rama and, to an even greater extent, Mad Dog. The small inconvenience of [[spoiler: a six-inch long fluorescent light being jammed into his neck]] only makes Mad Dog fight harder.

-->'''Tama''': You don't understand, you're already dead.[[spoiler: You've been dead since I got the call from [[GreaterScopeVillain Reza]].]]

->''"And don't forget... have fun."''
-->-- '''Tama'''

* SteelEardrums: More like titanium. While at the beginning of the movie the SWAT team uses silenced assault rifles (which are realistically still pretty loud), the gangsters use Kalashnikovs in an enclosed, echoing central hallway with seemingly no hearing loss (though they die quickly enough so it is possible that they did lose hearing, it just wasn't shown). On the other hand, when Rama stands literally right next to an exploding fridge (see ImprovisedWeapon above) he has zero hearing problems. The only time someone is shown having hearing problems is a guy whose ear is completely shot off (see ShellShockSilence above).

* DoesntLikeGuns: Mad Dog. He explicitly explains this to [[spoiler:Jaka]]: he says it takes away the "rush" that comes with fist-fights (Or in Indonesian : [["MemeticMutation Nggak ada gregetnya"]]).

* DoesntLikeGuns: Mad Dog. He explicitly explains this to [[spoiler:Jaka]]: he says it takes away the "rush" that comes with fist-fights (Or in Indonesian : "Ga ada gregetnya").

* DreadlockWarrior: One of the machete wielding gangsters rocks some nice dreads. He manages to hold his own better than most of the machete gangsters and he's the only one to not get a fatal takedown.

* ArmorIsUseless: The SWAT team are wearing heavy tactical vests, which would be backed with steel or ceramic plates capable of stopping rifle rounds (and blades for that matter). But the armor never seems to stop a single bullet. Then again, considering the [[MoreDakka combat philosophy]] of the attackers...

* HallwayFightt: The main characters have to take down an entire apartment building full of gangsters, which leads to plenty hallway fights. One of the main fights involves them slashing their way through bad guys with machetes.