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Interviews || BY Jen Yamato || 03 22 2012 7:00 PM

On The Music, Martial Art -- and Muslim Hero -- of Silat Actioner The Raid: Redemption

The Raid: Redemption (2012)

As a member of the Jakarta police force, Rama (Iko Uwais) is one of dozens of SWAT agents about to be trapped within the concrete walls of a tenement building run by a nefarious slumlord, set upon by machete-wielding thugs and forced to fight his way out using knives, broken doorways, and at times, only his bare hands. The fighting style he uses to do so, leaving a trail of broken baddies in his wake, is silat -- a lightning-fast, bone-crunching Southeast Asian martial art that gets its best showcase in Gareth Evans’ festival sensation The Raid: Redemption.
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Festival Coverage || BY Jen Yamato || 03 15 2012 10:50 AM

Gareth Evans on Remaking The Raid — and The Raid 2’s 4-On-1 Car Fight

The Raid (2012)

This week at SXSW Movieline caught up with director Gareth Evans, whose Indonesian martial arts actioner The Raid: Redemption is set to knock your socks off later this month courtesy of Sony Classics. (Haven’t heard of the martial arts form silat? You will, come March 23.) With his film steadily collecting kudos left and right, Evans is already thinking ahead to his Raid sequel (working title: Berandal), and an insane, dangerous-sounding four-on-one car fight he plans on working into the mix.
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