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Movies that feel like The Raid 2 (2014)

If you loved The Raid 2, the closest films we have are Sicario (2015), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019). All three share The Raid 2's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Gareth Evanskineticgrittytense

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Raid (2012)

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Sicario
2015 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8action Β· crime Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019 Β· dir. Chad Stahelski
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Martial arts is the engine of both

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

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John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 Β· dir. Chad Stahelski
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· crime

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

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Fast & Furious 6
2013 Β· dir. Justin Lin
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7action Β· thriller Β· crime

Crime built on momentum, twice over

Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

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The Dark Knight
2008 Β· dir. Christopher Nolan
πŸ… 94%β˜… 9.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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The Fate of the Furious
2017 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.6action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being action

When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 Β· dir. Isaac Florentine
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Kinetic crime in both cases

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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Ong-Bak
2003 Β· dir. Prachya Pinkaew
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

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Police Story 2
1988 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both circle police and undercover

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1980s show

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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Taken 2
2012 Β· dir. Olivier Megaton
πŸ… 22%β˜… 6.2action Β· crime Β· thriller

Tense action, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

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Bad Boys for Life
2020 Β· dir. Bilall Fallah
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· action Β· crime

Cut from the same action cloth

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

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