The Raid

[Mrs. Sawyer]

The movie looks like ridiculous fun. I wanna see this!

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

The movie looks like ridiculous fun. I wanna see this!

 

[Lencho01]

This was great...

http://collider.com/the-raid-movie-clip/144315/

 

[rashad]

The Raid IGN Review - 4.5/5
This Indonesian fight film will punch you in the teeth and kick your ass, but you'll love every minute of it.
http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1218637p1.html

The Raid is a bone-breaking, gut-punching, action movie triumph. The combination of a great premise, brilliantly-inventive direction, incredible fight sequences and spirited performances makes it easy for us to already proclaim that The Raid is the action movie of the year.

We're pretty confident that the upcoming PG-13 Expendables sequel is going to look like a romantic comedy by comparison.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I just watched the red band trailer. I need to see this movie NOW.

 

[rashad]

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/the-r...d-redemption-theatrical-trailer-28403737.html

The Raid: Redemption Receives New Trailer and Title
Source: Yahoo! Movies
February 23, 2012

Hitting U.S. theaters on March 23rd, Gareth Evan's martial arts action thriller, The Raid has received both a domestic trailer (courtesy of Yahoo! Movies) and a brand-new subtitle. The film will now be known as The Raid: Redemption.

The film stars Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais and takes place deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums at an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission.

The new title is likely an early move to distinguish the film from its recently announced sequel, tentatively titled Berandal overseas.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=87401#ixzz1nGGIjXp5

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=87401#ixzz1nGGIjXp5

 

[kickass]

Adding that subtitle cheapens the title of the film. Why why why? I absolutely loved this film. That title does not need to be there. At all!

 

[bullets]

Does the story focus on redemption? I thought it was fine without a subtitle , keep it simple

 

[Liam_H]

It feels similar to when they just tacked on Evolution to the Dragonball movie.

 

[Project862006]

this film is 1st of a trilogy is the reason

 

[Alien Anal]

Who the eff was the guy that nodded when someone came in saying that adding redemption would make it even sweeter?

 

[humbdrumb]

****ing subtitle sucks.

 

[dude stannis]

Did Tom Rothman hijack the US release somehow? Why the pointless subtitle?

 

[Rowsdower!]

I think that subtitle is aaawwwwwwsome. I can't wait for the sequels.

The Raid: Revolutions

The Raid: (Two Bullets in a) Dead Mans Chest

The Raid: Raiders United

The Raid: A Raid to Kill For

The Raid: Legacy

and the inevitable prequel...

Rise of the Raid

 

[rashad]

13-Minute Making-of Featurette for THE RAID: REDEMPTION
http://collider.com/the-raid-redemption-featurette/147979/

 

[xisaacx]

So many complainers, does the subtitle change how awesome the movie is going to be? NO

who cares?

 

[Ajendo]

UK release is when???

 

[nite-owl]

UK release is when???

According to IMDB 18 May.

 

[Ajendo]

Thanks.

 

[rashad]

Director Gareth Evan's explains reason for title change

Truthfully, none of us, the guys at SPC included, wanted to change the title from the original. But once we knew we were going to expand the film into a sequel - possibly a trilogy it opened our eyes up to maybe the need for an all encompassing title that could work for all three films.

At first it was just something we toyed around with as an idea to start using with part 2, but then it became an essential thing to do from the get go. The reason why: we found out "The Raid" itself was not available for us to use as a title in the US.

We couldn't get clearance on it and believe me we all tried but with that task becoming impossible and a release date looming - we chose to go with our idea to add a word that reflected one of the elements from the first film. Redemption was the one that fit, and it beat losing The Raid completely after all the work we'd done to establish awareness of the film.

This wasn't an "evil studio" thing, the decision had nothing at all to do with the proposed remake. This was a situation we were all forced into. You guys may not love the new addition to the title, and I'm not about to go and say Redemption is perfect, cos it's not - we all much prefer the simplicity of The Raid.

But the film, it is still the same film we screened at festivals and all I hope is that you all read whatever part of that 5 second titlecard you want to when it pops up on screen, forget the rest and enjoy seeing my good friends beat the **** out of each other for 100mins.

http://theraid-movie.blogspot.com/2012/02/raid-trailer-and-that-title.html

 

[Still Wynning]

Director Gareth Evan's explains reason for title change

Makes sense. Shame that they had to do it, though.

 

[Punisher Rising]

Can't wait to see this, looks like a very cool movie.

 

[rashad]

Director Gareth Evans and Star Iwo Uwais Confirmed to Return for THE RAID Sequel BERENDAL
by Adam Chitwood [SIZE=-2]Posted: March 12th, 2012 at 10:08 am[/SIZE]

Though we’ve known for quite a while, director Gareth Evans is now officially set to direct Berendal (tentative title), the sequel to his much buzzed about action pic The Raid. I haven’t stopped hearing great things about The Raid since it screened at TIFF, and our own Matt Goldberg recommends it without hesitation. The martial arts-heavy film centers on 20 elite SWAT team members must make their way up the treacherous floors of a criminal-infested highrise in order to get to the gang’s leader. It’s a simple premise, but after watching the trailer you begin to see how Evans has crafted a pretty insane actioner.

The film opens in the U.S. on March 23rd under the title The Raid: Redemption, but Evans previously told Steve that The Raid is the first in a planned trilogy. He talked extensively about the follow-up and said he hopes to bring car chase elements to the sequel, Berendal. THR confirms that both Evans and star Iwo Uwais are officially set to return for the next installment, and Evans told Steve that the budget for Berendal will be “significantly larger” than the first film, with an eye towards close to $3 million. Production on the sequel will apparently last around 100 days.

http://collider.com/gareth-evans-iwo-uwais-the-raid-2-berendal/151595/

 

[Destructus86]

Couldn't be further from the truth.

I see a lot of run and gun...but doesn't seem to carry any emotion to me.

 

[kickass]

I see a lot of run and gun...but doesn't seem to carry any emotion to me.

It will when you watch the movie.