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Momentum Pictures have sent us a handful of new images from Gareth Evans’ awesome action flick The Raid, which went down a storm at this years Glasgow FrightFest – including receiving a standing ovation. With a new soundtrack by Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and starring Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, and Verdi Solaiman, The Raid is released in Us cinemas March 23rd and May 18th in the UK.

Click the link to check out what I thought of the film: The Raid review.

As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for their heads.

The Raid: Redemption Written and Directed by: Gareth Evans Starring: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian If you're a fan of martial arts movies, there's a pretty good chance that you've already heard of The Raid: Redemption (formerly known as The Raid), an Indonesian action flick that debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and very quickly became the talk of the town. It was so well-received that it was immediately acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, Sony's specialty division that typically only dabbles in martial arts films when they come from acclaimed art house directors like Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou. I can tell you with absolute certainty that there are no slow motion rain drops or colourful period costumes in The Raid: Redemption. Needless to say, if you happen to be tuned in to the proper channels, the buzz surrounding this film has been deafening.

This is a review show of the week’s movie releases from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website! Hello everyone, this is episode 33 of the “Movie Night” podcast! This week Rudie Obias is joined by Jeremy Kirk of FirstShowing.net and FilmSchoolRejects.com to talk about the new Indonesian high-paced, action film, “The Raid: Redemption.” Afterwards, Rudie Obias & Perri Nemiroff review the movie adaptation of the widely-popular young adult series, the dystopian, “The Hunger Games.” “The Raid: Redemption” features Iko Uwais, Ananda George and Ray Sahetapy. It was written and directed by Gareth Evans “The Hunger Games” features Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Wes Bentley, Woody Harrelson, Lenny [ Read More ]...

Following on from the debut of the UK quad poster last week, Momentum Pictures have released, via Digital Spy, the official UK trailer for Gareth Evans’ awesome action flick The Raid, which went down a storm at this years Glasgow FrightFest – including receiving a standing ovation. With a new soundtrack by Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and starring Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, and Verdi Solaiman, The Raid is released in Us cinemas March 23rd and May 18th in the UK.

As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for their heads.

Title: The Raid: Redemption Director: Gareth Evans Cast: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Yayan Ruhian and Ray Sahetapy The complexities of storytelling and audience engagement are in the narrative’s simplicities. A simple story can draw and audience in while a driving direction can move them along. “The Raid: Redemption” is the perfect example of how this is true. By not being weighed down by exposition or world building, the film shines at what it does best, delivering heart-stopping and thrilling action. “The Raid: Redemption” is a triumph of stunt work and action filmmaking at its best. The story is very simple. A group of elite cops must capture a crime lord [ Read More ]...

Momentum Pictures have released the official UK quad poster for Gareth Evans’ awesome action flick The Raid, which went down a storm at this years Glasgow FrightFest – including receiving a standing ovation. With a new soundtrack by Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and starring Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, and Verdi Solaiman, The Raid is released in Us cinemas March 23rd and May 18th in the UK.

As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for their heads. Now Rama must stand in for the team’s fallen leader...

Directed and Written by: Gareth Evans

Featuring: Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy

One of the most-buzzed films of SXSW 2012, The Raid: Redemption was granted only one screening at the largest venue in the festival, the 1,200-seater Paramount Theater. When I arrived, an hour early, the line was wrapped twice around the theater, people at the front of the line having arrived nearly three hours early to secure their spots. This was The film of SXSW 2012 that everyone was dying to see, having garnered considerable and impressive buzz at the Toronto Film Festival.

The movie is focused on Rama, an idealistic, morally strong young man with an expecting wife at home. He is a member of an elite Swat squad in Indonesia charged with the task of infiltrating a 15-story apartment complex maintained by a drug-and-crime lord and filled with the nastiest scum of the underworld as rent-paying tenants.

Sony Pictures have released five kick-ass clips from Gareth Evans’ awesome action flick The Raid, or to give it the full (new ) title, The Raid: Redemption. The film, which went down a storm at this years Glasgow FrightFest – including receiving a standing ovation, stars Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, and Verdi Solaiman.

With a new soundtrack by Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda, The Raid: Redemption is released in Us cinemas March 23rd and May 18th in the UK.

As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for their heads.

Sony Pictures Classics has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for The Raid: Redemption, director Gareth Evans' action spectacle which arrives in theaters nationwide March 23. The story centers on a police unit set to raid a 30-story building filled to the brim with ruthless criminals in order to take down the city's crime lord. This extended six-minute featurette shows how some of these unique shots were framed, and gives you a closer look at the intense action scenes in The Raid: Redemption.

The Raid Redemption: Courtyard

The Raid: Redemption comes to theaters March 23rd, 2012 and stars Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Verdi Solaiman. The film is directed by Gareth Evans.

Check out this new Us trailer for writer/director Gareth Evans’ badass action flick The Raid, which stars Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya and Verdi Solaiman. The film shows tomorrow, February 25th, as part of this years Glasgow Frightfest, so look out for our review very soon.

Deep in the heart of Jakarta’s slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the rundown 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, Tama (Ray Sahetaphy), he...

The Raid: Redemption is coming to U.S. theaters on March 23, and it should appease every action junkie needing a fix, as this movie is non-stop mayhem from the word go. Our friends at Collider have the first poster with the new title change (it used to just be called The Raid, but that has since changed to service the coming sequels and remake). Check it out below.

The Raid: Redemption comes to theaters March 23rd, 2012 and stars Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Verdi Solaiman. The film is directed by Gareth Evans.

The Raid: Redemption is one of the most talked about action films of the decade, and it's finally coming to U.S. theaters on March 23rd. You may have noticed that Sony Pictures Classic, who bent over backwards so that you could have this on screens as soon as possible, have retitled this non-stop action spectacular from director Gareth Evans. That's due in part to the sequel and remake currently in the pipeline. Rest assured, though, they have edited the movie itself in no way. Check out the mayhem below, and then go get in line! The hype isn't over-selling this one.

The Raid: Trailer

The Raid: Redemption comes to theaters March 23rd, 2012 and stars Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Verdi Solaiman. The film is directed by Gareth Evans.

A new red band clip has been released for The Raid, director Gareth Evans' upcoming action drama arriving in theaters March 23. Iko Uwais stars as a cop whose unit takes on the daunting task of infiltrating a 30-story building, filled wall-to-wall with criminals. Click on the video player below to watch Iko Uwais take on four of these bad guys at once, using some innovative fighting techniques.

Click to watch Four On One!

The Raid comes to theaters March 23rd, 2012 and stars Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Verdi Solaiman. The film is directed by Gareth Evans.

Sony Pictures has purchased U.S. rights for the sequel to the Indonesian action movie, The Raid tentatively titled Berandal. The original had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance film festival and took home the Midnight Madness Award.

The Raid follows an elite Swat team tasked with raiding an impenetrable safe house deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums. As the mission quickly falls apart, the squad finds themselves stranded in the building and left with no choice but to complete the mission by fighting their way out.

No details have been released on the sequel's plot, but we know that Iko Uwais will be coming back to star with Gareth Evans set to direct.

Sony Pictures Classics is releasing The Raid in the United States on March 23rd while the sequel will start production late 2012 in Jakarta.

The Raid comes to theaters in 2014.

The Raid comes to theaters March 23rd,...