
Uco meets Bejo, who shares rumors of a plot to turn Reza and others against his father. Rama uses the opportunity to secretly plant a bug in Uco's wallet. After doing some work for Bangun, Uco meets up with Rama, telling him that he is frustrated with his limited role in his father's organization and thinks that he deserves to be involved in Bangun's bigger operations. Two years later, Rama is released from prison and Uco picks him up to meet Bangun, who hires Rama out of gratitude. In prison, Rama successfully gains Uco's trust by saving his life during a violent riot intended to cover up an assassination.

Using the pseudonym Yuda, Rama deliberately gets arrested and put in the same prison as Uco. Rama initially refuses, but agrees after learning of Andi's death.īunawar tasks Rama to infiltrate Bangun's organization undercover and also suggests Rama to gain the trust of Bangun's son Uco, who is currently in prison. Bunawar sends Bowo away to be treated and has Wahyu killed under the pretense of keeping Rama safe from other crooked cops and asks Rama to help him expose police chief Reza's crooked dealings with the Bangun and Goto crime syndicates. Bunawar, head of an internal investigation unit. Meanwhile, Rama brings his injured squadmate Bowo and corrupt superior Lt. Immediately after helping his brother Rama take down his boss in the previous film, Jakarta gang boss Andi is captured and executed by another criminal named Bejo. The film was released in the United States and Canada by Sony Pictures Classics on 28 March 2014, where it received positive reviews from critics like its predecessor. Like Evans' previous films Merantau and The Raid, the fight scenes showcase the Indonesian fighting style of pencak silat.

In the film, Rama is sent undercover to expose the corrupt police officials colluding with the crime families of Jakarta's criminal underworld. It is the sequel to the 2011 film The Raid and stars Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusadewo, Alex Abbad, Julie Estelle, Ryuhei Matsuda, Kenichi Endō, and Kazuki Kitamura. The Raid 2 ( Indonesian: The Raid 2: Berandal, lit.'thug' Japanese: ザ・レイド Gokudo, lit.'gangster'), also known as The Raid: Retaliation, is a 2014 Indonesian action thriller film written, directed and edited by the Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans.
