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Havoc is an action crime thriller film written and directed by Gareth Evans. The Netflix film follows Walker, a corrupt Homicide Detective who is hired by a powerful politician to rescue his estranged son, who’s being hunted by a ruthless crime syndicate and corrupt cops. Havoc stars Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzman, Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker. So, if you loved the brutal action, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Havoc, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

The Night Comes for Us (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

The Night Comes for Us is an Indonesian action thriller film written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. The 2018 film follows Ito, a former crime enforcer on a deadly mission to rescue a young girl from a ruthless crime syndicate.

An upcoming action thriller could very well be what every action movie fan has been waiting for. Sounding like the perfect cross between Liam Neesons 2008 hit Taken and director Gareth Evans The Raid, the movie boasts an incredible cast of martial arts actors with enviable action movie pedigree, a filmmaker with a penchant for stunts, and an exquisitely no-nonsense plot that should allow for the punches, kicks, and everything else in between to fly hard and fast.

Titled The Furious (which should tell you everything you need to know about what were in for), the action outing is all set to be helmed by Tanigaki Kenji, who is best known for his stunt work in the likes of the Donnie Yen movie Raging Fire, G.I. Joe spin-off Snake Eyes, and this years martial arts hit Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. Without further ado, you can check out the synopsis for The Furious below,...

Sony has just unveiled the details for the 4K ultra HD Blu-ray of The Raid: Redemption. Physical media collectors rejoice as you can now see a higher resolution version of the popular martial arts film that became the world’s introduction of Iko Uwais after his debut in Merantau, which was also directed by The Raid: Redemption‘s Gareth Evans. The 2011 hard-hitting Indonesian action film wowed audiences with its non-stop martial arts sequences and gritty suspense about a Swat team becoming trapped in a building filled with criminals. Check out the specifications below. The Raid: Redemption will be available in 4K and in limited edition steelbook on January 16, 2024.

The synopsis for the film from Sony reads,

“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. Cloaked under...

Chicago – Two years ago, the Indonesian film, “The Raid: Redemption”, smacked action movie fans upside the head. To briefly sum it up, it was nuts. The straight-forward plot took a backseat to some amazing stunt work, an insane amount of creative choreography and in-your-face violence. There’s no need to worry about the sequel, “The Raid 2,” not living up to the original.

..since the highly-anticipated follow up is bigger and faster and even offers an in depth story to wrap your brain around – while getting hit upside the head once again.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Taking place a mere two hours after the previous film, we catch up with battered rookie Swat member, Rama (Iko Uwais), who’s brought in corrupt cop, Wahyu (Pierre Gruno), and is now being taken in by a mysterious group within the police force that has a specific focus. While they commend Rama for a job well done,...

[This is a re-post of my review from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The Raid 2 opens today in limited release.] When Gareth Evans’ The Raid premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, audiences were floored. It was as if someone had smacked us in the face about 800 times, and showed us that the action being churned out by Hollywood wasn’t half as effective as it could be. No amount of CGI could ever pack the punch of a perfectly choreographed, perfectly shot, and perfectly edited fight scene. The original’s barebones plot allowed the movie to mainline the action and get the adrenaline pumping. It also created high expectations for The Raid 2. Whereas the first movie was mean and lean, the sequel is epic and explosive with a twisting crime drama serving as the backdrop for some of the best action scenes you’ll ever see. The violence is brutal; the set pieces are brilliant; and the movie hits so hard that your grandchildren will have bruises. Picking...

When Gareth Evans’ The Raid premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, audiences were floored. It was as if someone had smacked us in the face about 800 times, and showed us that the action being churned out by Hollywood wasn’t half as effective as it could be. No amount of CGI could ever pack the punch of a perfectly choreographed, perfectly shot, and perfectly edited fight scene. The original’s barebones plot allowed the movie to mainline the action and get the adrenaline pumping. It also created high expectations for The Raid 2. Whereas the first movie was mean and lean, the sequel is epic and explosive with a twisting crime drama serving as the backdrop for some of the best action scenes you’ll ever see. The violence is brutal; the set pieces are brilliant; and the movie hits so hard that your grandchildren will have bruises. Picking up...

Welsh writer-director/Indonesia resident Gareth Evans burst onto the world stage in a blaze of badass glory in 2012 with the martial arts action epic The Raid: Redemption. The fast-paced and stunningly violent feature won enthusiastic reviews from such illustrious festivals as the Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance, New Directors/New Films, and SXSW. As critics and action-movie fans cheered, English-language remake and sequel were promised before the film even made its theatrical debut! Earlier this year, Evans took to Twitter to unfurl some much-anticipated plot details about his sequel. He revealed the story of The Raid 2: Berandal would begin just two hours after the brutal and bittersweet end of the first film, with Rama (Iko Uwais), Bowo (Tegar Satrya) and Wahyu (Pierre Gruno) finding a new world of trouble. Considering "berandal" translates loosely to gangsters, expect more insane gunplay and mind-boggling martial arts. In the thick of production, Evans...

Back in February, we reported that Sony Pictures acquired the rights to a sequel for the popular action-thriller The Raid: Redemption. We haven't heard much about this follow-up, entitled Berandal since then, except that Gareth Evans is returning to direct. Yesterday, the filmmaker teased new details regarding Berandal through his Twitter account, revealing the story will take place just hours after The Raid: Redemption's ending, and that production is scheduled to take place very soon.

Ok Raid 2 tidbit, we start shooting on January 19th and the first scene takes place 2hrs after the first film ends.

— Gareth Evans (@ghuwevans) January 2, 2013

Iko Uwais is believed to reprise his role as Rama in Berandal, although no further casting details have been revealed. With a production start date just weeks away, hopefully more details will be unveiled regarding this action-packed follow-up.

The Raid: Redemption was released March 23rd, 2012 and stars Iko Uwais,...

We have an exclusive, five-minute clip from the action-packed martial arts extravaganza The Raid: Redemption, currently available on Blu-ray and DVD. This extended fight scene features Rama (Iko Uwais) trying to lead one of his fellow cops to safety, when he runs into a number of ruthless gangsters. Take a look at this video for some of the most mind-blowing fighting moves you'll ever see.

Exclusive: Extended Hallway Fight

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. 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,...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment just released The Raid: Redemption on Blu-ray and DVD, after a critically-acclaimed theatrical run earlier this year. If you missed it in theaters, you're in luck! As we are giving away copies of this Blu-ray in our The Raid: Redemption contest. Read on for how you can win this martial arts action-thriller today!

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The Raid Blu-ray

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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. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is...

Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim star as members of a rookie Swat team tasked to infiltrate a safe house containing the world.s most dangerous killers and gangsters in the hard-hitting, jaw-dropping, martial arts action extravaganza The Raid: Redemption, coming to Unrated DVD and Blu-ray. with UltraViolet. August 14th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. When the Swat team.s cover is accidentally blown, they become stranded inside the dangerous high rise with no way out and must fight their way through the city.s worst criminals to survive their mission. The film also stars Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian and Pierre Gruno, and features an English Dub with music by Linkin Park.s Mike Shinoda. Both discs also include the original language track and music.

The DVD and Blu-ray. are loaded with bonus features, including commentary with Writer/Director Gareth Evans; six behind-the-scenes video blogs with Gareth Evans; a...

The most impressive piece of cinema I have seen in a very long time just so happens to be one of the most violent. Consider this a fair warning, The Raid: Redemption is not for the faint of heart. Viewers should also take into consideration that a film with such a relentless, rapid-fire pacing of fight sequences will certainly not focus much on narrative or character development. A Swat team led by Lieutenant Wahyu (Pierre Gruno) storms a dilapidated Jakarta apartment building in order to take down an evil drug lord, Tama (Ray Sahetapy). One of the police officers is Rama (Iko Uwais), who is about to become a father. We should instantly recognize from this fleeting tidbit of background information that Rama has something worth fighting for. This also reveals Rama as strongest candidate to be the hero of the story; which is somewhat unfortunate because since the cast...

Every time we think about The Raid: Redemption, all we want to do is re-watch it immediately. And pretty soon we'll be able to in glorious 1080p so every limb, chunk of flesh, blood spatter, and bone break will be brought to life in incredible detail!

From the Press Release

Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim star as members of a rookie Swat team tasked to infiltrate a safe house containing the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters in the hard-hitting, jaw-dropping, martial arts action extravaganza The Raid: Redemption, coming to Unrated DVD and Blu-ray™ with UltraViolet™ August 14th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. When the Swat team’s cover is accidentally blown, they become stranded inside the dangerous high-rise with no way out and must fight their way through the city’s worst criminals to survive their mission. The film also stars Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, and...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Raid: Redemption on Blu-ray and DVD August 14. We don't have any pricing details yet, but you can take a look at the Blu-ray cover art and special features details for this critically-acclaimed action-thriller.

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. 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, they find themselves stranded on the 6th floor with no way out. The unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission.

Special Features:...

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 aka Serbuan maut

Written and Directed by Gareth Evans

Indonesia, 2011, imdb

For the martial arts aficianados out there, don’t even bother reading this review, just go to the theatre now. The Raid: Redemption is everything that you have heard it is and more. Offering a rare glimpse of the Indonesian martial art style Pentjak Silat, the film is one long, almost continuous combat sequence, with all the fights performed at mach speed by a stunt team that make Tony Jaa’s unit look like conservative wimps. Many of the fights are done with one or both fighters holding knives, but if anything they fight faster with knives than with empty hands.

Don’t ask, just go.

*****

Ok. Everyone else, let’s talk about Roger Ebert, who has eviscerated this film not once, but twice, first giving it one star and then expanding his original review in...

Welsh helmer Gareth Evans' new action thriller 'The Raid' has got itself a cool looking new UK quad poster and trailer. In preparation of its theatrical release here in the UK on 18 May Momentum Pictures have commissioned an exclusive version of the original poster and a new trailer for us to clap our eyes on. The much talked about award-winning movie stars Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais as well as Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan, Eka 'Piranha' Rahmadia and Verdi Solaiman. Check out the two new assets and the plot deets below....

Sony Pictures Classics has released three behind-the-scenes featurettes for The Raid: Redemption, which explodes into theaters March 23. Director Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais take us through the production, giving us a look at the boot camp he put the cast through, plus a glimpse at the fight choreography, special effects, and the anatomy of a fight scene. Check out the incredible action now!

The Raid Redemption: Making the Anatomy of a Fight Featurette

The Raid Redemption: Bootcamp & Choreography

The Raid Redemption: Studio Set and Effects

The Raid: Redemption was released March 23rd, 2012 and stars Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan. The film is directed by Gareth Evans.

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.

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...

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.

SXSW 2012 film review

complete coverage of SXSW Film 2012

The Raid: Redemption

Director & Screenwriter: Gareth Huw Evans

Rama and his special forces team fight their way through a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord.

Cast: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno

(Us Premiere)

Film Synopsis (from SXSW.com)

Who’S It For? If you love bloody and intense action movies (and can deal with subtitles), don’t miss this one.

Overall

With an appetite for action like no other, The Raid: Redemption is a monumental moment for the genre that does not recognize limits. This intense film delivers as many action sequences as it can fit into its running time, and orchestrates each climactic dance of head smashes and stomach kicks with unforgettable finales. Made in Indonesia by a Welsh filmmaker, it’s the way that extreme action...

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,...

Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!

Narrative Feature Competition

This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:

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Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin

When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.

Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)

Eden

Director: Megan Griffiths,...

The 2012 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival runs March 9–17 in Austin, Texas, and now the full film program lineup has been announced. From a first glance at the list, it's pretty light on horror, but there are a few standouts.

In addition to the world premiere of Lionsgate’s The Cabin in the Woods as the Opening Night Film, which we already knew, here are the horror (and a few horror-ish or just very interesting sounding) highlights:

Killer Joe - Us Premiere

Director: William Friedkin | Screenwriter: Tracy Letts

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

A garish, Southwestern tale - a violent black comedy about a desperate Texas debtor (Hirsch) who plots to kill his mother with help of his family (Haden Church, Gershon). They hire a crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer (McConaughey) to do the job, but Killer Joe...

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year's Festival, March 9 - 17, 2012 in Austin, Texas. We are also pleased to reveal the world premiere of Emmett Malloy's documentary Big Easy Express as our Closing Night Film, which follows a train ride unlike any other with Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show. Big Easy Express will screen on Saturday, March 17. The program will also include the world premiere of Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' 21 Jump Street, screening in the Centerpiece slot on Monday, March 12. The 2012 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of celebrating ambitious experimentation with risk takers both in front of and behind the camera, and a deep immersion into cultural touchstones. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 8.

"SXSW has long been a haven for bold...

Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977

Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen

screens as part of 24 Beats per Second

SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:

Narrative Feature Competition

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Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)

Eden

Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.

With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.

Narrative Feature Competition

This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:

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Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin

When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.

Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced [1] Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open the festival (the movie is phenomenal [2]) and today the majority of the remaining line up has been revealed. One of the highlights is the unbelievably smart and hilarious 21 Jump Street, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller. Both of those are World Premieres. Other highlights include The Hunter, Killer Joe, The Babymakers, frankie goes boom, God Bless America, The Imposter, The Raid, Bernie and Casa de mi Padre just to name a few. After the jump, read descriptions of all the films that have been announced so far. Before I copy and paste the rest of the list, a few minor notes.