Weekly Comp - The Raid - 24 Sept 2012 - FINISHED

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Hey there everyone,

Welcome to another fun Weekly Competition here at Cult Labs! This week is a very special comp, because member Demdike is taking hold of the reigns! So, here's all the information of this week's prize....

“THE MOST EXCITING ACTION MOVIE OF THE YEAR.” (FIVE STARS) – EMPIRE.

Following their hugely impressive collaboration on the universally acclaimed martial arts extravaganza “Merantau Warrior”, Welsh-born writer-director Gareth Evans and Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais have reunited and increased the energy even more (if you can believe it) for “the most incredible action and fighting movie in decades” (IGN), the award winning action-thriller The Raid.

Already being hailed by Aint It Cool News as “one of the greatest action movies ever made”, as “spectacular… incredible… exhilarating… amazing” by Variety and as “a non-stop action bonanza” by Twitch Film, The Raid was the winner of the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in 2011 and the winner of both the coveted Audience Award for Best Film and the Dublin Film Critics Award for Best Film at the Dublin International Film Festival in February this year, marking the first time in history both awards have gone to the same film.

Deep in the heart of one of Jakarta’s most deprived slums stands an impenetrable high-rise apartment block. To most it is 30 floors of Hell to be avoided at all cost but for many of the city’s most dangerous killers and gangsters, including the area’s most notorious crime lord, it is a fortress-like safe house protecting them from the law. Even for the bravest and most experienced police officers it is considered a no-go area.

In a desperate bid to flush these violent criminals and their leader from their haven once and for all, an elite SWAT team is tasked with infiltrating the building and raiding the apartments floor by floor, taking out anyone who stands in their way. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, the SWAT members make their move and enter the block not realizing that this is the easier part of the mission. Once inside, it soon becomes terrifyingly apparent that the real problem at hand is surviving long enough to be able to get out again.

Featuring an electrifying kick-ass score by Linkin Park vocalist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Mike Shinoda, The Raid is a “hard-driving, butt-kicking, pulse-pounding, bone-crunching, skull-smashing, blood-curdling” (The Hollywood Reporter) action-thriller that reaffirms Gareth Evans’ reputation as a director to watch and further confirms Iko Uwais’ status as both an outstanding fight choreographer and as one of world’s most impressive new action movie stars.

The Raid (cert. 18) is released by Momentum Pictures and is out NOW!



Now, I'll pass it over to Demdike to explain exactly how to win this week. He's got a cracking idea for this - so be sure to enter!

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Dem....

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Thanks Kyle.

The competition is quite simple. We all love action films, but whats your favourite?

Make us, your fellow Cult Labs members, want to watch or re-watch your favourite action movie.

It doesn't matter how you do it.

Write a piece on your favourite.

Design a new piece of artwork.

A musical montage.

Make us laugh, send up your favourite.

It doesn't matter how you do it. Make us want to watch your favourite action film.

The winner, or winners, (Kyle hasn't said how many prizes there are yet) will be the entrants with the MOST "LIKES" from your fellow members. No judges decisions, or names from a hat.

So, to all readers of this thread, IF YOU ENJOY A POST, PLEASE GIVE IT A "LIKE"

Have fun.

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

And just to clarify there will be three winners this week. Anyone is welcome to enter!

Thanks for this Dem - this should be an awesome competition!

[Susan Foreman]

Copyright Jerry Springer:

"Go Demdike Go, Go Demdike Go, GO Demdike Go"

*Note - this is NOT my entry. But hey - if I get any 'likes' maybe it WILL be!

[Hawkmonger]

Hehe, gonna get my review up tommorrow. I'll give you a clue who the star is. He played Captain America twice.

[darthelvis]

One of my favourite actions movies is without a doubt the ARNIE classic - The Running Man. Here is my interpretation of Springsteens Born to Run:


In the day we sweat it out in the streets of the running man game show
At night we glide on the ice before we garrotte poor Sub Zero
Sprung from cages out on Channel 9,
Yellow jump suited, drug injected and steppin out over the line
Weiss this game rips the bones from your back
Its a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we can
`cause runners like us, baby we were born to run

Amber let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to hide out from the law
Just sit back here while I drop the line
He had to split, did poor Buzzsaw
Together we could break this trap
Well run till we drop, baby well never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`cause Domino is like a light bulb or a **** off Christmas tree
But I gotta find out how it feels
to be pinned to the ground, in a stupid go kart like machine

Beyond the scenes Fireball suits up with his torch ready to blaze
Last seasons winners lie where they were left to die
The changing rooms are their grave
The audience cheers for Ben Richards
Also known as the Butcher of Bakersfield he’s now 2 to 1
I wanna die with you Amber on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The network jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybodys out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide
Captain Freedom came out of retirement
In the hope to end Richard’s play.
But Richards made it back to the studio & ended Killion’s reign.
He said he’d be back and he will but only in a rerun.
But till then runners like us baby we were born to run

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What a brilliant entry Darthelvis.

A very strong start to the competition.

[gag]

Mine is the Warriors if wrong type of action film just say,

What can i say the title of the film speaks for itself doesnt need no introduction,
Everything about it spot on,
good story line, Music it spot on and Fantastic, and has been used and rememberd down the years with clips of the dialogue being used in the odd music track.
Directed by Walter hill who made quite a few good movies,
With the legendary scene and dialogue of Warriors come out to play,
never met a person yet who doesnt like this film,
I watch it every year at least once,

what more can i say

Can yoooooooooou dig it


And the correct answer is yes yoooooou can

[Hawkmonger]

Mercenary Fighters (1988)- Riki Shelach Nissimoff
**** yeah! Reb Brown! The king of low budget cheese comand's thee to buy and watch this classic slice of cheese for one thing and one thing alone, Reb firing a machine gun, naked from the waste up, in a Land Rover, with EXPLOSIONS!



FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!


'Fan boy gush over'

[Demoncrat]

Yor - Hunter from The Future.

Well, it's got more action in it than most films.

Can I have my prize now then??