The Raid 2

Bullseye1

First images are up.
http://www.totalfilm.com/news/first-images-from-the-raid-2

ziedth

I absolutely loved The Raid, I don't think I have enjoyed a film in the cinema as much as I did watching it. This is the first I've gratification a sequel so I'm over the moon.

krudler

The sequel that...well everyone wanted :pac: The Raid was an absolute hoot to see in the cinema, the groans, laughs, winces and shrieks from the audience were brilliant.

I saw the Raid on a small TV and I spent the whole movie wishing I had seen it in the cinema. Rarely has that happened to me. It was brilliant, everything an action movie is supposed to be, with some genuinely enthralling fight sequences, that almost put the likes of the Bourne and James Bond movies to shame.

Genuinely looking forward to the Raid 2, that I will most certainly want to see in the cinema.

Sad Professor

I'd imagine it does lose something on the small screen alright. I saw it twice in the cinema. Like kruder said, the audience reaction really added to the film. I have the Blu-ray but have yet to watch it.

403 Forbidden

I can not wait for this - Saw The Raid at last years JDIFF and it was amazing

Sad Professor

Sad Professor wrote: »

I'd imagine it does lose something on the small screen alright. I saw it twice in the cinema. Like kruder said, the audience reaction really added to the film. I have the Blu-ray but have yet to watch it.

The screen I watched it on was a 19inch HD screen, so if you have something bigger, it might not lose as much.

Funnily enough, the version I watched contained some extremely great subtitles, which had my friend and I laughing pretty hard - you can read the cracked article on it here.

Probably a silly question, but its the same director as the first, right?

johnny_ultimate

Deleted User wrote: »

Probably a silly question, but its the same director as the first, right?

Yup.

I never intend on watching The Raid again. JDIFF was enough, and an attempt to recreate that at the midnight screening in the IFI just wasn't the same. So now The Raid will remain a memory, forever entangled with the atmosphere on that February morn nigh on twelve months ago. Hopefully come JDIFF 2014 Evans and Uwais will return, and for another two hours a theatre worth of viewers can get lost as grunts have their asses artfully kicked by a small, angry man.

Also, the article above wastes too much time on plot. 'Police enter criminal compound' is enough

Sad Professor

Yeah, same director: Gareth Evans.

I genuinely hope that the Welsh chap becomes a big name at some point in the future.

Completely agree johnny_ultimate - there are some movies that just are so special, mine would be Sigur Ros' Heima, which I saw at an outdoor screening in Eyre Square, Galway, during the Film Fleadh a few years ago. Everything about that moment was just.. perfect. I've watched that documentary once or twice since then and it's always failed to live up to then.

Galvasean

Deleted User wrote: »

I saw the Raid on a small TV and I spent the whole movie wishing I had seen it in the cinema.

I'm the same, having only seen The Raid quite recently. Same thing happened to me with Taken. Shame about that sequel...

Mickeroo

Saw the first in the cinema thankfully, but it was empty bar my friend and another randomer. Was still great but would have been nice to see it with a full house.

Will look forward to the sequel anyway.

stevenmu

I hope they don't make it too sequel-y. I loved The Raid, and definitely want more, but I don't really want to see the same film again but with slightly different fight scenes. In terms of Die Hard, I hope they skip Die Hard 2 and go straight to Die Hard 3.

I just hope he does get the sequel done right, though I think it will be more Die Hard 2 than 3, because the second movie takes place two hours after the first, according to the IMDB page.

This sounds like an interesting idea.

Fysh

There was a fair bit of talk about having a trilogy sketched out when the first one was released. I'm looking forward to the sequels.

Fysh

Fysh wrote: »

There was a fair bit of talk about having a trilogy sketched out when the first one was released. I'm looking forward to the sequels.

I wonder if they'll have a 24-style trilogy, with each sequel set a few hours after the previous. That would make for a quite interesting idea! Has it ever been done before?

pixelburp

Still haven't seen this: the amount of positivity I read on boards has reached the kind of critical mass that I know the film simply won't live up to the hype, so kinda avoiding it at this stage

pixelburp

pixelburp wrote: »

Still haven't seen this: the amount of positivity I read on boards has reached the kind of critical mass that I know the film simply won't live up to the hype, so kinda avoiding it at this stage

It will live up to it, honestly. Just ignore the plot at all and for the soundtrack and fighting sequences alone, it is one of the best action movies I've seen in a long time. The sheer choreography and camera control of the fight scenes is immense.

The Recliner

pixelburp wrote: »

Still haven't seen this: the amount of positivity I read on boards has reached the kind of critical mass that I know the film simply won't live up to the hype, so kinda avoiding it at this stage

Deleted User wrote: »

It will live up to it, honestly. Just ignore the plot at all and for the soundtrack and fighting sequences alone, it is one of the best action movies I've seen in a long time. The sheer choreography and camera control of the fight scenes is immense.

I watched it recently

it failed to live up to the hype for me, of the two hyped up movies that were released around the same time that I missed in the cinema due to being away I much preferred Dredd

Normally The Raid would be the type of movie I would love but for some reason it just didn't click with me, glad it is getting a sequel though and i will make it to the cinema for this one

leakyboots

Trailer out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDw3n2w9ty8

e_e

The first official trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9uFX3uYq4

ziedth

Any word on a Irish release date?

Sad Professor

No. But unless it gets slated at Sundance, I'd imagine within 3 months of the US release date in March.

e_e

It's 148 minutes! Seems like they'll be putting the tight action of the first film within a proper crime epic. Can't wait.

e_e

Some of the responses to the Sundance premier yesterday:

http://www.slashfilm.com/early-buzz-gareth-evans-the-raid-2-sundance-2014/

Mickeroo

What's all this talk about a storyline? I hope it doesn't get in the way of the punching and kicking.

e_e

Even a 50:50 split between action and plot would do for me this time. Can't wait to see what they do with a bigger canvas.

Also if anyone hasn't seen Evans' segment in VHS 2 then do so immediately. It knocked me sideways.

weiland79

Fvck it gonna go and buy the first one on Blue ray at lunch time, only ever watched it on netflix. It deserves to be seen on my new tellie in all its
HD glory

johnny_ultimate

Sundance tweeters really like the word 'insane'!

Squelchy

e_e wrote: »

Also if anyone hasn't seen Evans' segment in VHS 2 then do so immediately. It knocked me sideways.

Was just going through this thread to see if that had been mentioned. That was outstanding. Creepy, violent and totally crazy.

I'm sooooo excited about it now. Then again, even if it was terrible but kept up the amount of action as the first one, then I'd be equally as excited too.

Marty McFly

Really hope this gets a cinematic release over here, I know the first one did and it was amazing on the big screen. But will the sequel get a release? Has it been confirmed?

Sad Professor

It definitely will. The question is when. It's out in the US in March, but Momentum may decide to wait until May to release it in the UK/Ireland again.

Potential-Monke

e_e wrote: »

Also if anyone hasn't seen Evans' segment in VHS 2 then do so immediately. It knocked me sideways.

Squelchy wrote: »

Was just going through this thread to see if that had been mentioned. That was outstanding. Creepy, violent and totally crazy.

Yeah, thanks for that... At least i know not to watch the rest of the film now... A horror allegedly?

The Uk and Irish rease date has finialy been set for April 11.

weiland79

sweet

Deco99

Total Film have give it 5 stars and its not out for another month......WHY TORTURE LIKE THIS?

e_e

I'm hoping there's at least 1 early preview screening here. I mean the original had 3!

Sad Professor

The original needed the exposure more. Hence the lengthy festival run and the numerous free advance public screenings. The sequel is pretty much a sure thing.

johnny_ultimate

There's a screening of this on the 31st in Cineworld, but Unlimited card only!

I've vowed off Cineworld for a while (their standard prices are increasingly obscene), but a very rare occasion when I regret not having an Unlimited card. Hopefully the Lighthouse or IFI will have a screening before official release date.

The Black Oil

Classified today by IFCO

18 - Sustained graphic and extremely gory violence. Strong sex scene.

:pac:

theteal

I wasn't even aware that this was being made. I saw a big poster on a tube station wall yesterday and had an immediate "shut up and take my money" moment. . .not realising I actually said the words out loud

Kiith

Definitely going to try go see this on Monday. 1st one was absolutely brilliant.

weiland79

Kiith wrote: »

Definitely going to try go see this on Monday. 1st one was absolutely brilliant.

Why Monday, where are you, can i come?

e_e

It's playing in Cineworld then, you have to be an unlimited member though.

weiland79

General release is the 11th though right?

e_e

Yep. Saw the poster for it on a bus stop yesterday and was like "2 more weeks!" :cool:

IFI don't seem to be playing it. Odd since they really championed the original, giving it an unusually long run for that cinema too.

johnny_ultimate

Glad the IFI isn't playing it, they should be reserving their screens for stuff that isn't going to be playing most cinemas! The Raid 2 will surely be getting a solid release both in Dublin and elsewhere. The first was more of a risk.

I've actually tempered my expectations for this somewhat as a lot of the reviews post the initial screenings have criticised it for being pretty bloated (the leanness was a pivotal part of the first's success IMO) alongside the obviously amazing action. Hopefully milder expectations will lead to increased enjoyment

weiland79

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Glad the IFI isn't playing it, they should be reserving their screens for stuff that isn't going to be playing most cinemas! The Raid 2 will surely be getting a solid release both in Dublin and elsewhere. The first was more of a risk.

I've actually tempered my expectations for this somewhat as a lot of the reviews post the initial screenings have criticised it for being pretty bloated (the leanness was a pivotal part of the first's success IMO) alongside the obviously amazing action. Hopefully milder expectations will lead to increased enjoyment

Dammit I'm definitely guilty of raising my expectations to fever pitch. So much so that I've arranged my father's birthday celebrations around going to see this on the 11th.
The last time I more or less press ganged a large group of people into going to a film I had built up in my head was Gangs of new York. It didn't end well.

e_e

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Glad the IFI isn't playing it, they should be reserving their screens for stuff that isn't going to be playing most cinemas! The Raid 2 will surely be getting a solid release both in Dublin and elsewhere. The first was more of a risk.

Oh I agree, just thought it'd be a safe bet for them to put in the program.

Regardless of whether it'll live up to expectations though I really hope this'll be a hit if not just to lead to studios, multiplexes and their audience getting over the stigma of subtitles.

maximoose

Got tickets for Monday, can't bloody wait