#the raid 2

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) dir. James Cameron The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) dir. Gareth Evans

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Julie Estelle - The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)

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The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) // Jujutsu Kaisen S2 (2023)

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The Raid 2 vs Choso&Yuuji

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The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) dir. Gareth Evans

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The Raid: Redemption will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on January 16 via Sony. The 2011 Indonesian action thriller is known internationally as The Raid.

Gareth Evans (V/H/S/2, Apostle) writes and directs. Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Ray Sahetapy, and Yayan Ruhian star.

The unrated version is presented in 4K with a new color grade, supervised by Evans, and Dolby Vision. It includes Indonesian Atmos and English 5.1 sound, along with the original and international scores. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer-director Gareth Evans

Behind-the-scenes video blogs

Inside the Score

An Evening with Gareth Evans and composers Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese

In Conversation with Gareth Evans and Mike Shinoda

Behind the Music with Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese

Anatomy of a Scene with Gareth Evans

Claycat's The Raid

The Raid retro TV show faux ad

Theatrical trailer

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.

Pre-order The Raid: Redemption.

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Throwback Video

It’s been 10 years since one of the greatest action movies ever was released. Ok I mean maybe not top 10 the story is only ok but the action sequences are amazing. I still remember the feet squeaking when those dudes were getting ready to fight.

At the time this was one of my bigger videos. So I get a little nostalgic for it.

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The Raid Redemption (2011)

The Raid 2 (2014)

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Practice 2_1.4 - Inspiration - The Raid (1&2)

While The Raid and the Raid 2 were released in May 2012 and April 2014 respectively, the impact the series has had on the action genre is felt now more than ever. From stylistic follow-ups like Headshot (2016) & the Night comes for Us (2018), multiple signature pieces of choreography taken from The Raid appearing in Marvel movies and still influencing the visual identity of fight scenes as recent as John Wick 4, to launching the careers of Iko Uwais (most recently played the main villain in 2023's Expendables 4) Yayan Ruhian (Boy Kills World 2023) & Cecep Arif Rahman (John Wick 3 2019) and last but not least, Welsh director Gareth Evans, The Raid's impact on action can not be overstated.

While the argument could be made that there are more recent films that conceptually "do what the Raid does", none of them have had a fraction of the impact, nor have they conveyed The Raid's appeal as effectively. Gareth Evans gave the Action genre a universal visual & audio language through the Raid. One that has even made it's way into video games most significantly with it's influences on Sifu, another major inspiration on my project.

Brutal Danger

The fights in The Raid almost always have lethal consequences. Deadly weaponry is utilised liberaly and it's gory consequences highlighted consistently. This creates a non-stop sense of danger and constant reminder of the stakes. This is a brutal world and only the brutal survive.

Sequence Build

The sequences in the Raid films are extremely visceral. Stakes are established efficiently, Intensity builds in the camera work, the music and the choreography before it crescendos in whince-inducing sequence toppers that Gareth Evans refers to as 'Punchlines' (little moments of creatively brutal action that serve as exclamation points) and often these crescendos occur multiple times throughout the same sequence.

They feel executed with a genuine mastery that displays Evans' deep understanding of the narrative tension, build and release of a confrontation, turning every fight into a mini action set-piece.

Chaos Choreography

Conflict in the Raid series is complexly choreographed but through it's constant use of environmental weaponry and chaotic, unfavourable situations (people trip over corpses, gunmen fire wildly into the darkness, etc.) it creates this sense of scrappy grit that helps lend a sense of realism to it's theme. Just enough to make the extreme situations feel grounded.

Bibliography

SALON. [Online] Available at: https://www.salon.com/2014/03/26/the_raid_2_come_for_the_violence_skip_the_plot/

NYTIMES. [Online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/movies/in-the-raid-2-a-police-officer-goes-undercover.html

NETFLIX. [Online] Available at: https://www.netflix.com/my-en/title/70299880

DEVIANTART. [Online] Available at: https://www.deviantart.com/firdaliska/art/The-Raid-2-Hammer-Girl-447240353

MAKEAGIF (2015). [Online] Available at: https://makeagif.com/gif/the-raid-redemption-drug-lab-fight-re-sound-x2Q1Ig

REDDIT (2022). [Online] Available at: https://www.reddit.com/r/SifuGame/comments/ujujor/after_the_master_difficulty_update_fajar_is_by/

YOUTUBE (2023). [Online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYd7_HRUF3E

BBC (2012). [Online] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesarts/2012/05/gareth_evans_the_raid_cardiff_premiere.html

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The Raid 2 (2014) | Dir. by Gareth Evans

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How successful would Rama…

Propaganda for the mic skills:

He was trained to go undercover so he’s at least got acting skills.

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Propaganda for the wrestling skills:

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