The Raid 2 picks Rama up right where the first film left him and sends him somewhere far more dangerous than a single building.
What is The Raid 2: Berandal about?
Having barely survived a night trapped inside an apartment block crawling with armed criminals, Rama has no time to recover before he is asked to go under cover inside one of Indonesia's most powerful crime syndicates. The assignment is framed as protection for his family, but it means years of pretending loyalty to men he is meant to help take down, and the deeper he gets, the harder it becomes to tell which side is using him. As alliances inside the syndicate shift and a younger generation of criminals pushes to seize control from the old guard, Rama finds himself caught between rival factions who each expect something different from him, all while trying to expose the corruption that runs through his own police force. Iko Uwais leads a cast including Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusadewo, Alex Abbad, Ken'ichi Endô, Cok Simbara and Cecep Arif Rahman through a story that widens the scope of the first film into something closer to a sprawling crime saga.
About the cast
Iko Uwais returns as Rama, joined by Arifin Putra and Oka Antara as figures inside the syndicate's power struggle, with Tio Pakusadewo, Alex Abbad, Ken'ichi Endô, Cok Simbara and Cecep Arif Rahman rounding out a large ensemble of rivals and allies.
Context & significance
Directed by Gareth Evans, the film built on the reputation the original Raid earned for its close-quarters silat-based fight choreography, expanding the story from a single trapped-in-a-building premise into an undercover crime narrative with a much larger cast and setting. That shift let the production stage action across a wider range of locations while keeping the same emphasis on practical, hand-to-hand combat that defined the series.
Watching The Raid 2: Berandal on Ktime
The Raid 2: Berandal is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making its dense crime plotting easy to follow for Farsi-speaking audiences. A K-Time account is required to watch, though the film's page itself can be browsed before logging in.