In the heart of Jakarta lies a rundown apartment infested with druggies and drifters. It’s ruled by a ruthless drug lord who uses the tenement to shelter his junkie customers, pushers, enforcers and brutal killers. The apartment block is considered untouchable by even the bravest of police – until one early morning when, cloaked under dawn’s darkness – an elite SWAT team, led by officer Rama (Uwais), raids the peril-filled structure. As Rama’s squad races between the maze of rooms and floors, encountering a barrage of gunfire, machetes, and ruthless hand-to-hand combat around every corner, the stakes get higher and higher building to an explosive crescendo and an ultimate battle. – Collider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlmhMSnVdM

I am unfamiliar with both the director and the star of THE RAID but the red band trailer and the plot synopsis has me incredibly psyched to see this movie. I am a sucker for martial arts flicks and movies with the premise of a group of people stuck in one spot who get picked off one-by-one till there’s only one survivor. So The RAID is right up my alley. This film was premiered at a few film festivals in 2011 and wowed all of those audiences so hopefully there will be no delays and we in the US can see this for ourselves come March 23.