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22nd March 2012, 03:27 PM
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 The Raid (2011) “THE MOST EXCITING ACTION MOVIE OF THE YEAR.” (FIVE STARS) – EMPIRE.  Following their hugely impressive collaboration on the universally acclaimed martial arts extravaganza “Merantau Warrior”, Welsh-born writer-director Gareth Evans and Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais have reunited and increased the energy even more (if you can believe it) for “the most incredible action and fighting movie in decades” (IGN), the award winning action-thriller The Raid. Already being hailed by Aint It Cool News as “one of the greatest action movies ever made”, as “spectacular… incredible… exhilarating… amazing” by Variety and as “a non-stop action bonanza” by Twitch Film, The Raid was the winner of the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in 2011 and the winner of both the coveted Audience Award for Best Film and the Dublin Film Critics Award for Best Film at the Dublin International Film Festival in February this year, marking the first time in history both awards have gone to the same film. Deep in the heart of one of Jakarta’s most deprived slums stands an impenetrable high-rise apartment block. To most it is 30 floors of Hell to be avoided at all cost but for many of the city’s most dangerous killers and gangsters, including the area’s most notorious crime lord, it is a fortress-like safe house protecting them from the law. Even for the bravest and most experienced police officers it is considered a no-go area. In a desperate bid to flush these violent criminals and their leader from their haven once and for all, an elite SWAT team is tasked with infiltrating the building and raiding the apartments floor by floor, taking out anyone who stands in their way. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, the SWAT members make their move and enter the block not realizing that this is the easier part of the mission. Once inside, it soon becomes terrifyingly apparent that the real problem at hand is surviving long enough to be able to get out again. Featuring an electrifying kick-ass score by Linkin Park vocalist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Mike Shinoda, The Raid is a “hard-driving, butt-kicking, pulse-pounding, bone-crunching, skull-smashing, blood-curdling” (The Hollywood Reporter) action-thriller that 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 (cert. tbc) is released by Momentum Pictures and will open at selected UK cinemas: 18.05.2012 VISIT DIGITAL SPY FOR AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT THE UK TRAILER CHECK OUT THE DIGITAL SPY REVIEW iluvdvds@Cult Labs and wongfeihung62 like this.  |
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22nd March 2012, 03:47 PM
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I hope this comes to a cinema near me, I so want to see this on the big screen.
Sam@Cult Labs likes this.
__________________ "A good fight should be like a small play...but played seriously. When the opponent expands, l contract. When he contracts, l expand. And when there is an opportunity... l do not hit...it hits all by itself." |
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22nd March 2012, 03:51 PM
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I saw a preview a few weeks ago on the big screen with a booming sound system. I took the top of my head off!
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24th March 2012, 08:32 AM
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Brilliant artwork for the film btw.  Sam@Cult Labs likes this.
__________________ When the going gets tough the tough take the law into their own hands. |
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25th March 2012, 02:04 PM
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I was talking about this the other. This is a proper movie poster that's evocative and inspires curiosity. Remember when a horror film about a haunted house would have a really scary looking house as the poster instead of the most beautiful and violently harassed looking girl in a state of bloodied undress? It's kind of like that. I want to go into the apartment block with the guy, it's an invitation to chaos rather than a photoshop edit job with a star face and a logo. Chucky likes this. |
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27th March 2012, 01:07 PM
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27th March 2012, 01:10 PM
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Feeling energetic? Here's a nice little Raid-related curiousity. The film's star is featured in a martial arts mini-epic of an energy advert in his native Indonesia. Check it out here: Iko Uwais Is Thirsty... - The Raid Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories |
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30th March 2012, 11:50 AM
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More fresh The Raid content... Critical Response - The Raid Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories The Raid: The Game? - The Raid Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories  |
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1st April 2012, 07:02 PM
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2nd April 2012, 05:16 PM
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