The Raid 2: Berandal

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In breaking down the new trailer for The Raid 2: Berandal, director Gareth Evans provides tons of new detail about the sequel's plot. Evans also confirms that was indeed Mad Dog actor Yayan Ruhian glimpsed briefly in the trailer.

-On the opening scene, where we find Rama (Iko Uwais) Evans says, "The idea is that Iko’s character goes undercover in this one and there are shades of The Departed and Infernal Affairs in there. he prison section is the opening of the film, setting up his mission and that’s going undercover in order to infiltrate a mob family to uncover corruption in the police force."

-The scene with Rama punching the wall is meant to parallel one of the early scenes in the first film where he's punching the training bag. Said Evans, " In the first Raid, it’s all about him preparing himself spiritually, physically, emotionally so he can go off and complete his mission. He looks focused, he looks primed, he looks fired up. I wanted to contrast that now that he’s in prison on this mission and a lot of personal things have happened to him, so that ending to that punching session is designed to show a sadness and a tragic side to him as well. He’s full of regret as well.”

-Indonesian actor Arifin Putra plays Uco [pronounced Oo-cho], who Evans describes as the "lynchpin of the film". Teased Evans, "When we did the teaser poster, it was a purposeful thing to stick him dead center of the frame. He’s the driving force of the storyline for this. He’s the one pushing the plot."

-Uco’s dad, Bangun is played by Tio Pakusadewo. Bangun is the real connective tissue between the first film and the sequel. "Everything in the first movie - Tama’s building, Tama’s reputation - was all given to him by Bangun,” says Evans.

-Of course the sequel will have its version of "Mad Dog", the incredibly skilled one-man army from the first. In The Raid 2: Berandal, the person comes in the form of "The Assassin" played by Cecep Arif Rahman. "He’s this wordless, coldblooded assassin who specializes in using an Indonesian knife called the karambit. It’s a curved blade with a finger hook so you keep it very close to you. It’s brutal," said Evans.

[THE KID]

daugon lang gihapon ni sa fighting scenes....

[euan]

nindot ang first daghan action bahala wala klaro ang plot.

[digitalsuperman]

ang pinaka una nga movie kay best action scenes i have ever seen. maytag nindut pud ang action scenes sa part 2. yeah! Keren coi!

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The first reactions are in.



Russ Fischer

To deal with THE RAID 2, the MPAA is gonna need something heavier than NC-17. And probably some adult diapers.


Eric Vespe

They somehow topped the Mad Dog fight! No spoilers, but wait until you see the kitchen scene... and the car chase... and... and... and...

If The Raid was Assault on Precinct 13 Raid 2 is The Godfather. Sprawling crime epic with amazingly brutal hand to hand violence


Ethan Anderton

Seriously, @ghuwevans needs to teach a class to American action directors to show them how it's done. THE RAID 2 is an action masterpiece.


We'll see.

[jproxsism]

Hala buguya naa diay Raid 2.. aguy idugang ni nako sa mga watch list nako

[adrianna]

can't wait to see this one.. gwapo na kaayo si Iko Uwais sa part 2 lol..

[jennz]

hmmm..... whats the story?

why they killing each other? Revenge?

is this another full action film with shallow story.