The Raid 2

Director : Gareth Evans

Genre : Action,crime,thriller

Producer : Ario Sagantoro Nate Bolotin Aram Tertzakian

Writer : Gareth Evans

Music Director : Gareth Evans

Releasing On : 11 April 2014

Plot

After an opening sequence in which Bejo, a self made Jakarta gang lord executes Rama's brother Andi. Rama then meets Bunawar. After sending Rama's fellow survivor Bowo to receive medical attention and executing Wahyu, Bunawar invites Rama to join a clandestine anti-corruption task force which seeks to expose police commissioner Reza's backroom dealings with the Bangun and Goto gangs. While Rama initially declines, he agreed to join them after learning of his brother's murder by Bejo and the imminent threat to his family.Rama assaults the son of a politician who opposed Bangun's criminal family, earning imprisonment with Bangun's son Uco. Rama, under the alias "Yuda", saves the mobster's life during a prison riot. Bangun subsequently hires Yuda when the latter's prison sentence ends. As Yuda proves his value to the organization and earns the family's trust, rifts grow between him and the unreliable Bunawar. Meanwhile, Uco grows increasingly discontented with his father's lack of faith in his abilities and placidity towards the Japanese, desiring to take on a larger role in the mob's operations.

Initial release: March 27, 2014 (Australia)

Director: Gareth Evans

Running time: 150 minutes

Prequel: The Raid

Languages: Arabic, Japanese, Indonesian, English

Production

Following Merantau, Gareth Evans and his producers began to work on a project called Berandal (which is Indonesian for "thugs"), a large-scale prison gang film intended to star not only Merantau actors Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, and Donny Alamsyah, but also an additional pair of international fight stars. A teaser trailer was shot, but the project proved to be more complex and time consuming than they had anticipated. After a year and a half, Evans and the producers found themselves with insufficient funds to produce Berandal, so they changed to a simpler, but different story with a smaller budget. They called the project Serbuan Maut (The Raid).While developing The Raid in script form, Evans considered the idea of creating a link between it and the initial project, Berandal. It was later confirmed that Berandal will serve as a sequel to The Raid. Evans has also stated his intention to make it a trilogy.With the title for the North American market announced as The Raid 2, the sequel has a "significantly larger" budget than its predecessor, and its production schedule will take approximately 100 days. The pre-production was expected to begin in September 2012 with filming in January 2013.

Casting

A new cast was announced in December 2012: Indonesian celebrities Julie Estelle (the female lead in Macabre) will take the role of Alicia "The Hammer Girl", Marsha Timothy (the female lead in The Forbidden Door), with other parts going to Merantau baddie Alex Abbad, Mathias Muchus and Tio Pakusadewo. Internationally renowned silat practitioner Cecep Arif Rahman has also signed on for a major part.[16] The international cast joining the sequel to the Indonesian action hit The Raid. Matsuda Ryuhei (Blue Spring, Nine Souls, Nightmare Detective), Endo Kenichi (a Takashi Miike regular), and Kitamura Kazuki (the Japanese lead in the Mo Brothers film Killers) will be joining the cast.

Filming

In January 2013, PT Merantau Films and XYZ Films announced the start of production.The filming process took about seven months and ended in July 2013.The film's lead cinematographer Matt Flannery tweeted that at least three RED cameras were used in a test shoot of a chase scene. Gareth Evans mentioned on his Twitter that they were using RED Scarlet for 95% of the shoot, Epic for slow mo, and Go Pro 3 for quick cuts during the car chase.

Marketing

A teaser trailer was released on Twitchfilm at 6 November 2013. The Hollywood Reporter said, "the images unleashes more action than most Hollywood blockbusters." Followed by a longer Indonesian trailer later in 31 December 2013.The American trailer was released on 21 January 2014.