Film Review – The Raid 2: Berandal

More is more when it comes to the action in “The Raid 2: Berandal.” A sequel to the 2011 cult hit, “The Raid: Redemption,” this new round of ultraviolence pulls out all the stops in terms of broken bones and slashed skin, going out of its way to outdo the original’s frightening scale of aggression. Also on the to-do list is a quest to turn a contained plotline of survival into a crime saga worthy of “Godfather” complexity. Writer/director Gareth Evans aims big with this continuation, but in his lust for glory, he’s failed to trim the fat, making “Berandal” punch drunk, ugly, and, at times, endless. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com