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The Welshman who rocked Asian action cinema
4 May 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Gareth Huw Evans' new film pits an elite Jakarta police unit against an entire towerblock of baddies. It's fast, violent and daring, like the best of the genre
If there's one word used to describe Asian cinema, it's usually "extreme". From South Korea we've had the hammer-wielding antics of Oldboy, whose star ate a live baby octopus, while from Japan we've had Takashi Miike's Ichi The Killer, in which a severed face hits a wall and slides down it – in one of the film's lighter moments. From Hong Kong comes pretty much anything with Jackie Chan in it, a martial artist who proudly boasts of having broken every bone in his 5ft 8" body. And now from Indonesia comes The Raid, an action extravaganza teeming with machete-twirling, gravity-defying psychos who slice, smash and crush anything that dares cross their path.
Set in the slums of Jakarta, The Raid stars Iko Uwais as Rama, »
- Damon Wise
Exclusive Interview – Gareth Evans Talks The Raid
2 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
In a little over two weeks (on May 18, to be precise), The Raid makes its way into cinema screens across the U.K.
Written and directed by Welsh-born filmmaker Gareth Evans, and starring leading Silat expert turned actor Iko Uwais, The Raid is a hard-hitting action film like no other, brimming with no-holds-barred coercion and unfaltering intensity.
The film centers on a Swat team who, after being tasked with taking out Tama (Ray Sahetapy), a landlord and kingpin to the scum of Jakarta, enter the building complex to which he resides. Rising up floor by floor, the team must fight with their bare hands in order to complete their assignment and escape the labyrinthes deadly residents.
During his whistle-stop tour to our shores, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to chat to Evans about the initial inspiration, how his past experiences helped in the making of The Raid and if the overwhelming »
- Jamie Neish
Indonesian cinema: primed for action
24 April 2012 9:14 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Welshman Gareth Evans is part of a new mood of creativity in Indonesian cinema, ready for global competition despite the country's lack of film infrastructure and political support
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"He is very kind and very polite. We are known as a polite people. But Gareth Evans is more Indonesian than most Indonesian people." So says film-maker Joko Anwar, speaking of the current flagbearer for Bahasa cinema. Since he moved to Jakarta four years ago, Evans, a softly-spoken scion of the Brecon Beacons, has resurrected the Indo martial-arts film. His latest, a careening piece of John Woo-esque ultraviolence called The Raid, is winning the country some overdue global exposure, thanks to its Sony Pictures Classic deal. He chuckles when he hears Anwar's comment: "He would say that!" What does he mean? "Oh – it's a private joke. »
- Phil Hoad
M.I.A.’s ‘Bad Girls’ Video Burns Rubber in the Desert
4 February 2012 9:00 AM, PST | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
This has been a good week for rapper-singer-provocateur M.I.A.. The Sri Lankan-British artist is featured alongside Nicki Minaj in Madonna’s new Super Bowl-themed video “Give Me All Your Luvin’.” And she just dropped a video for her new video “Bad Girls.” “Bad Girls” was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and was directed by Romain Gavras (who also shot her “Born Free” clip). Is the new video a comment on Saudi Arabia’s anti-female driving laws? Or is it just M.I.A. getting her gangsta on? »
- WSJ Staff
Watch: Video For M.I.A.'s New Single 'Bad Girls' Directed By 'Our Day Will Come' Helmer Romain Gavras
3 February 2012 7:15 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
M.I.A. is back! And she's going mainstream! Set to appear alongside Madonna and Nicki Minaj at the Super Bowl this weekend, that performance will certainly be one of the more bizarre to ever grace the already dodgy history of halftime shows, and in a perfectly calibrated marketing move, the former revolution chanting hip hop artist has dropped her new single "Bad Girls." It seems Maya Arulpragasam has given up on the political rhetoric that thrust her into the spotlight (her last mixtape was called Vicki Leekz...get it!?) and gone into party jam mode instead. It sells more records anyway. Directed by Romain Gavras -- the helmer behind the seamy "Our Day Will Come" as well as M.I.A.'s controversial ginger killing video "Born Free" -- is behind the camera for what is essentially lots of car stunts in a desert. Bangin'. And you won't believe it, but M.I.A. wears »
Mia debuts new 'Bad Girls' music video
3 February 2012 7:15 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Mia has debuted her latest music video online. The singer released 'Bad Girls' as her new single worldwide earlier this week (January 31). It will serve as the trailer cut from her currently-untitled fourth studio album. The accompanying music video sees the star performing in a Middle Eastern desert with a backdrop of dancers dressed in hijab attire. The clip also features car drivers titling their vehicles on two wheels, while speeding down the outer-city roads. Romain Gavras directed the music video. He (more) »
- By Lewis Corner
Mia unveils new single 'Bad Girls' - listen
30 January 2012 8:14 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Mia has unveiled her new single 'Bad Girls'. The track made its online debut today, ahead of its worldwide release tomorrow (January 31). The song was produced by Danja, who previously worked on Britney Spears's 'Gimme More', Pink's 'Sober' and Missy Elliot's 'Work'. A music video for the number, which was helmed by Romain Gavras, will premiere on Friday, February 3. (more) »
- By Robert Copsey
Mia announces new single 'Bad Girls'
25 January 2012 11:56 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Mia has revealed that her new single will be released next week. The 'Paper Planes' musician will debut her new track 'Bad Girls' via Pitchfork at 7.30pm GMT (2.30pm Est) on Monday, January 30. Mia will also join BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe by phone the same evening. Lowe has been granted the first worldwide radio play of the song to air in his 'Hottest Record in the World' slot. 'Bad Girls' will be made available to buy worldwide the following day (January 31). Mia has collaborated with director Romain Gavras for the video to 'Bad Girls', which (more) »
- By Kate Goodacre
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