Will it be positively seen as a way to shorten the waiting for the third movie or will it fail so hard that fans become even more desperate for The Raid 3? We will be there to observe it, that's for sure.Īfter The Raid got its "R" rating only after the MPAA got its 2 demanded cuts, it's just a matter of consequence that the sequel had to face a similar fate. Since action fans will most likely be served with the US remake of the first film under direction of Expendables 3 director Patrick Hughes, it will be highly interesting to see how that performs. It's almost a shame that Evans wants to do something different for a few years before taking on The Raid 3. With a runtime of 150 minutes, the film does ask patience of its audience but rewards it often enough over the course of events. The choreographies are breathtaking, the imagery is decidedly more variable thanks to numerous locations and the level of violence has been raised, as well.
And this is one of the advantages that Evans had to put his Berandal plans on hold for so long since he had time to sharpen his vision, making it all but a quick shot to monetize the hype at the box office. Instead of delivering a simple copy with more carnage but less individuality, as it is sadly often the case in the sequel business, the second movie embodies a larger continuation of the basics introduced in the first film but differs in terms of visuals and style of narration. And if you keep that in mind, the qualitative increase that The Raid 2 is introducing doesn't hardly surprise. So when there's a cause for criticism, it's this. The numerous fights didn't require a well thought out narrative structure. But apart from all the praise that the first film got, it should be mentioned that the story wasn't much more than functional, especially considering the scrapped plans for Berandal. Instead, he had to concentrate on a prologue story that could be done on a smaller budget thanks to a limited location and also function as a showcase of his talents. The merciless consequence that fuels the camera work impressed film fans who started to fear that they'd have to grab some old classic from their collection when they wanted to avoid the flashy, modern shaky cam orgies of recent mainstream action.Įven more astounding is the fact that The Raid: Redemption was rather born out of necessity because for years director Evans couldn't manage to secure the financing for the rather expensive Berandal, which later turned into The Raid 2. To demonstratively do the opposite thing has been the trump card that made The Raid: Redemption so special in this day and age and it explains why it is so euphorically celebrated. The camera filmed the events way different than today, where a large part is played out in the viewer's head, stimulated by loud sound effects and fast editing that often lead up to the conclusion: we didn't see anything, really.
As its Welsh director Gareth Evans explains in the "making of" featurette on the Blu-ray, he is an admirer of the works of John Woo and other colleagues, who back then orchestrated their action scenes in a way that actually showed the audience what was happening. At its core, The Raid 2 is quite an oldschool film.
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