A rookie cop fights for survival when his squad's attempt to take down a crime lord leaves him stranded behind enemy lines in this hyper-violent B-movie. There's some light family drama and corrupt officers with hidden motives, but for the most part this is lite on plot and high on adrenaline. It relies almost entirely on the situation and action to keep you invested. With both being so darn excellent, that's not a bad thing. Environments look pretty cheap and the majority of the furniture are clearly just flimsy props. Yet even when it's totally obvious that a table is only solid enough to easily break when somebody is thrown onto it, the illusion is never broken for more than a second or two. The movie quickly throat chops you back into immersion with it's stunning, fast-paced combat. The blistering firefights at the beginning of the movie are certainly exciting, but things don't really get going until the bullets run dry. Thats when the ferocious martial arts start and your jaw begins to hit the floor with the same frequency as the bodies. Iko Uwais' character isn't some invincible fighting machine. He sweats and bleeds like any man. You feel his desperation and exhaustion in every conflict. Something that gives every broken bone and blow more weight. The only flaw to be found in any of the film's fast and frenzied brawls comes in the form of Pierre Gruno. His slow, lumbering movements seem very out of place in such an energetic movie. Especially when paired with the lightning-fast skills of Uwais and Eka Rahmadia in one of the more thrilling sequences. A kinetic game of cat-and-mouse, this meticulously crafted fight to stay alive will blow your mind. It's a wonderful display of the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat and one of the best action films of all time.