The Raid (2011 film)

The Raid
Indonesian theatrical release poster
Directed byGareth Evans
Written byGareth Evans
Produced byArio Sagantoro
Starring
Cinematography
  • Matt Flannery
  • Dimas Imam Subhono
Edited byGareth Evans
Music by
Production
companies
  • PT Merantau Films
  • XYZ Films
  • Celluloid Nightmares
Distributed byPT Merantau Films
Release dates
  • 8 September 2011 (2011-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 23 March 2012 (2012-03-23) (Indonesia & United States)
  • 22 March 2012 (2012-03-22) (Australia)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryIndonesia
LanguageIndonesian
Budget$1.1 million[2][3]
Box office$9.3 million[4][5]

The Raid is a 2011 Indonesian action thriller film written and directed by Gareth Evans and produced by Ario Sagantoro.[6] The film stars Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Ray Sahetapy and Yayan Ruhian. The film follows an Indonesian National Police tactical squad that is deployed to raid a ruthless drug lord's apartment block in the slums of Jakarta, only to be encircled by the criminals, forcing them to fight their way through the complex.

After its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), The Raid received positive reviews from critics.[7][8][9] The name of the film was changed to The Raid: Redemption in the United States as distributor Sony Pictures Classics could not secure the rights to the title; it also allowed Evans to plan out future titles in the series.[10][11] The American version of the film, released on DVD and Blu-ray on 14 August 2012,[12] features a film score composed by Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese.

A sequel titled The Raid 2 was released in 2014. Both films showcase the traditional Indonesian martial art of pencak silat, with fight choreography led by Uwais and Yayan Ruhian. A third film was considered, but the project was cancelled.[13][14]

  1. ^ "The Raid". British Board of Film Classification. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  2. ^ Nordling (23 March 2012). "Nordling Talks To Gareth Evans, Mike Shinoda, And Joe Trapanese About The Kickassocity of The Raid: Redemption!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  3. ^ The Raid video Q&A @ Sundance 2012 (YouTube).
  4. ^ "The Raid". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Serbuan maut (2012)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ TIFF Communications Department (3 August 2011). "When The Clock Strikes Twelve Midnight Madness Delivers Wild Cinematic Thrills". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012. The Raid Josh Lee, Indonesia World Premiere [...] The 36th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 8 to 18, 2011.
  7. ^ Kit, Borys (9 September 2011). "Toronto 2011: 'The Raid' Starts Midnight Madness on a Butt-Kicking Note". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 September 2011. If you love action movies, you cannot miss this movie.
  8. ^ Sciretta, Peter (9 September 2011). "Watch: Red Band Trailer for 'The Raid' – The Best Kick-Ass Action Movie I've Seen in Years [TIFF 2011]". /Film. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  9. ^ Rocchi, James (9 September 2011). "TIFF 2011 Review: 'The Raid', Quite possibly the action film of the year". MSN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  10. ^ Evans, Gareth (24 February 2012). "The Raid: The Raid Trailer and that title". Theraid-movie.blogspot.com. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  11. ^ de Bruyn, Simon (26 February 2012). "The Raid: Redemption Director explains title change". TwitchFilm.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Truthfully, none of us, the guys at SPC included, wanted to change the title from the original. But once we knew we were going to expand the film into a sequel – possibly a trilogy it opened our eyes up to maybe the need for an all encompassing title that could work for all three films.
  12. ^ Shaffer, R. L. (11 June 2012). "The Raid: Redemption Kicks Ass on BD, DVD". IGN.com.
  13. ^ Walker, Danny (2 April 2014). "The Raid 3". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference ApostleRaid3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).