The Raid is a martial arts action films from Indonesia, directed by Gareth Evans and starring Iko Uwais. First published in the Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF) 2011 as the opening film for the category of Midnight Madness, the critics and audiences praised the film as one of the films best action after so many years was awarded the Cadillac People's Choice Midnight Madness Award [8]. The selection of these films to be screened at several international film festivals followed, such as the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (Ireland), Glasgow Film Festival (Scotland), Sundance Film Festival (Utah, USA), South by Southwest Film (SXSW, in Austin, Texas, USA), and the Busan Film Festival (South Korea), making it the first commercial film production of Indonesia's most successful on the world stage.• Iko Uwais as Rama, a member of an elite police team invaders with a hidden agenda, the main protagonist of the film.• Donny Alamsyah as Andi, right hand and brain Tama drug business.• Pierre Gruno as Lieutenant of Revelation, a senior police who ordered the invasion operation.• Ray Sahetapy as Tama Riyadi, ruthless drug kingpin, the ruler of the apartment building and the main antagonist.• Yayan Ruhian as Mad Dog ("mad dog"), right-handed and brutal thugs Tama high-skilled arts.• Joe Taslim as Sergeant Jake, the leader of the raid operation.• Tougher Satrya as Bowo, a member of an elite police team that stubborn invader.• Eka "Piranha" Rahmadia as the chin, a member of an elite police team invaders.• Verdi Solaiman as Budi, a member of an elite police team invaders.Most ideas story out of Gareth Evans. Evans said in his blog as a child he was obsessed with the film "Peace Hotel" (1995), starring Chow Yun Fat. He never could find this film in the UK and only have an image poster below as well as a vague synopsis.Evans said that he liked the concept of an isolated building that offers protection to the criminals, but when Evans finally saw the film more than 15 years later "imaginary" Evans of the movie is totally different from what he saw. As he watched the film that he thought of the film is dark noirish with danger on every floor with the action confined to the interior space filled with shadows and fears. Evans also imagine would have more action, not only from the point of the heart is sweet and romantic as it appears in this film.After spending most of his time to "Going away", his desire to make a film that background 95% were in the room. Evans began watching lots of movies for inspiration, such as Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and Die Hard (1988) to find the structure of the story, how to develop action scenes into the story as natural as possible.Evans said that always wanted to find a way to mix genres together, to bring more to the martial arts movie than just pure action. That's what most fans of the genre want to see action.With a rush of Death, Evans and Merantau Films production team plans to explore different shooting style and atmosphere of the film to allow tonal shifts and changes in the genre. The main concept of this film is the SWAT team are trapped inside the building with criminals around them who make a lot of choice for the production team to not only to explore the choreography of the action but also to provide a variety of sensations of tension that is created from this film, even the sensation of horror.
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