The Raid is a 2011 Indonesian action thriller film written and directed by Gareth Evans and produced by Ario Sagantoro. The film stars Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Ray Sahetapy and Yayan Ruhian. The film follows an Indonesian National Police tactical squad that is deployed to raid a ruthless drug lord's apartment block in the slums of Jakarta, only to be encircled by the criminals, forcing them to fight their way through the complex.
Indonesian theatrical release poster
Iko Uwais at the premiere of The Raid 2 in New York City, 17 March 2014
The cinema of Indonesia refers to films produced domestically in Indonesia. The statutory Indonesian Film Board, or BPI, defines Indonesian films as "movies that are made by or using Indonesian resources whose Intellectual Property Right is owned either entirely or partly by Indonesian citizen or Indonesian legal entity".
Advertisement for Loetoeng Kasaroeng, the first fiction film produced in what is now Indonesia.
Poster for Terang Boelan, one of three films credited with reviving the Indies' failing film industry.
Former cinema Megaria (ca. 1960–80), today Cinema Metropole XXI
Exterior of La Piazza, which housed La Piazza 21 (later La Piazza XXI) in Jakarta, since closed and as of March 2023 being demolished