It requires a lot more. John Wick for example gives me action that's maybe slightly lesser but everything else is a lot better. The Raid is such a bland, gray movie. Visually it looks like barf. John Wick is colorful and neon and gorgeous in every frame with more interesting lore and characters. Other martial arts movies are also often a lot prettier to look at. And then action movies like Die Hard feature memorable, likeable main characters whereas The Raid's main character is just...a dude who punches good. Just not really what I look for in an action movie although I'm still happy I watched it and I will check out the sequel at some point
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