Some of the most acclaimed, dramatic and ambitious films of 2014 are coming to the Sundance Film Festival in a few weeks. Pictures that may be future Oscar contenders, with rising actors and talents to watch for in years to come. And while that's nice, sometimes you just want to sit down and watch something that's down, dirty and right to the point. Enter: "The Raid 2." Garth Evans' followup to his cult hit "The Raid" is here. And while the stakes are higher, the blood is still red. The new, full length trailer for the sequel is has arrived and it aims for the operatic. A quiet, classical music composed first half sets up the plot—Rama is going undercover to find more baddies—before unleashing lots of punching, kicking and dudes getting thrown around and beat the hell up. Guys, it's "The Raid 2." Did you expect any less? Can't make it to Sundance?...
- 12/31/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
It’s an intense, virtually non-stop series of unbelievable fight sequences set to an electrifying kick-ass score by Linkin Park vocalist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Mike Shinoda and 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 (Momentum Pictures) blasts onto DVD and Blu-ray on the 24th September and to celebrate, we have the ultimate prize give away. On offer is a copy of The Raid on Blu-ray, two amazing posters and two exclusive T-shirts! Don’t want to wait? Don’t worry, you can pre-order The Raid from Amazon on DVD or Blu-ray. To be in with the chance of winning, simply answer the questions below the image:
The Raid director Garth Evans comes from which country? Is it:
a) Wales
b) America...
The Raid (Momentum Pictures) blasts onto DVD and Blu-ray on the 24th September and to celebrate, we have the ultimate prize give away. On offer is a copy of The Raid on Blu-ray, two amazing posters and two exclusive T-shirts! Don’t want to wait? Don’t worry, you can pre-order The Raid from Amazon on DVD or Blu-ray. To be in with the chance of winning, simply answer the questions below the image:
The Raid director Garth Evans comes from which country? Is it:
a) Wales
b) America...
- 9/14/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
We’re back again with another Movie of the Day and this week, in honour of his follow-up The Raid coming to DVD and Blu-ray later this month, our recommendation is Garth Evans’ Merantau.
Merantau is the name of the journey which must be undertaken by young men in order to come of age. The film follows Yuda on his pilgrimage from his tiny village to Jakarta. His intentions are to teach martial arts to children, though his plan goes awry and he finds himself protecting Astri, a young woman who is being pursued by human traffickers and her young brother Adit.
From the lush shots of Yuda’s hometown to the grimy streets of Jakarta, the film looks stunning and the fluid, roaming eye of the camera gives the film a sense of purpose. This is compounded by the excellent editing of the film: far too often in action films,...
Merantau is the name of the journey which must be undertaken by young men in order to come of age. The film follows Yuda on his pilgrimage from his tiny village to Jakarta. His intentions are to teach martial arts to children, though his plan goes awry and he finds himself protecting Astri, a young woman who is being pursued by human traffickers and her young brother Adit.
From the lush shots of Yuda’s hometown to the grimy streets of Jakarta, the film looks stunning and the fluid, roaming eye of the camera gives the film a sense of purpose. This is compounded by the excellent editing of the film: far too often in action films,...
- 9/3/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Isn’t it great when a film can actually keep pace with the hype machine built around it? Welshman Garth Evans’ The Raid is an almost impossibly efficient action film, a no-nonsense juggernaut of lightning-quick martial arts and extreme violence. Appealing so eagerly to our basic sense of gratification, this is very much the bounding, confident actioner that genre fans have been starved of.
The premise is laughably simple; entrenched in Jakarta’s slum district is a desolate apartment complex, which has become a hideaway for the city’s most repellent and dangerous criminals. At the top floor, crime lord Tama (Ray Sahetapy) operates a drug lab, dutily protected by thirty floors of violent psychopaths. Early one morning, a 20-man Swat team, including rookie Rama (Iko Uwais) initiates a dawn raid, sweeping from floor-to-floor, with the single aim of eliminating Tama and his crime empire once and for all.
Isn’t it great when a film can actually keep pace with the hype machine built around it? Welshman Garth Evans’ The Raid is an almost impossibly efficient action film, a no-nonsense juggernaut of lightning-quick martial arts and extreme violence. Appealing so eagerly to our basic sense of gratification, this is very much the bounding, confident actioner that genre fans have been starved of.
The premise is laughably simple; entrenched in Jakarta’s slum district is a desolate apartment complex, which has become a hideaway for the city’s most repellent and dangerous criminals. At the top floor, crime lord Tama (Ray Sahetapy) operates a drug lab, dutily protected by thirty floors of violent psychopaths. Early one morning, a 20-man Swat team, including rookie Rama (Iko Uwais) initiates a dawn raid, sweeping from floor-to-floor, with the single aim of eliminating Tama and his crime empire once and for all.
- 5/19/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
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