I know that many of you are looking forward to seeing the Hunger Games this weekend. That's cool. I'm going to go see it too. But while Gary Ross' remake of Battle Royale is appealing, Gareth Evan's remix of Assault on Precinct 13 has my complete and total attention.

The Raid: Redemption has a very simplistic plot: A SWAT team is ordered to clear a building full of criminals. The criminals get wind that they are coming. They let the the SWAT team get halfway into the building before springing ...