Backing up the extraordinary spectacle was a mash-up of lofty ideas cribbed from William Gibson and Jean Baudrillard: The Matrix felt like it had a brain as well as balls. The Wachowskis canР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t quite be credited with creating a new visual language (FX man John Gaeta credits Michel Gondry and Katsuhiro Otomo with the original 'bullet time' effects), but the use they put it to was so thrilling and eye-popping that it seemed entirely original. Some deserve it more than others, but the effect of The Matrix on the 21st centuryР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s action cinema canР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t be understated. ItР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s a fascinating franchise that can count its 21st film as one of its very best.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В®very now and again a film comes along thatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s dubbed a 'game changer'. And yet, the filmР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s most thrilling sequence, somehow, is a lengthy card game. The controversy about Daniel CraigР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s casting seems quaint now (a toxic fan made a whiney website Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ imagine the furore on social media that'll meet the next Bond), and itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s fascinating to look back, post CraigР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s bored-looking turn in Spectre, and see the fire with which he absolutely owns the role, from the opening free-running chase to the airport battle and the climactic destruction in Venice. Although Judi Dench remains from the Pierce Brosnan era as MI6 chief M, this is a younger BondР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s first mission, in which we see him earn his 00 status with his first kill, and in which the gadgets are kept to a minimum (a defibrillator in the Aston Q doesnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t even show up for another two films). The third in the projected trilogy has been promised but has yet to materialise.Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚РЋinally able to adapt the first of Ian FlemingР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s Bond novels (after decades of rights issues), the Bond franchiseР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s gatekeepers took the bold move of re-starting the entire elderly franchise. The Raid 2 Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ a massive and unexpected expansion, keeping the extreme violence but adding a level of Once Upon A Time In Indonesia-style epic drama Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ followed two years later. But itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s not so much the destination as the journey, which is so intense itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ll leave you with actual bruises.

They have to fight their way to the top of a tower block and back out again. The premise is simplicity itself: Iko UwaisР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s greenhorn cop and a small SWAT team are sent into the deadliest housing project in Jakarta, the kind of place thatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›d give even Snake Plissken second thoughts: a labyrinth of Silat-skilled villains and big bosses. Seemingly from out of nowhere came the sudden arrival of one of the most blistering action films of the 21st century to date: a ferocious curio stemming from Indonesia but written and directed by Welshman Gareth Evans.

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