Blood Bond

Henry steals money from the wrong people, who promptly sic a small army of utterly ruthless, seemingly monstrous hunters on him. Together with his martial-arts-trained sister, he flees to a village, where an all-out showdown takes place. Fifteen years ago, The Raid radically modernized the martial-arts genre. Now its celebrated cult star Iko Uwais dons the producer’s hat for Blood Bond. His signature is unmistakable: a relentless barrage of ever-more intense, ever-more punishing battles that rank among the best—and most brutal—hand-chop-happy action cinema has delivered in decades. (Markus Keuschnigg)