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The Empire Podcast Is Here!
25 May 2012 6:24 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Empire's Phil de Semlyen and Ali Plumb with The Raid director Gareth Evans (centre).It may be unlucky for some, but number 13 went without hitch or hazard as this week made it a baker's dozen of Empire podcasts. Not that we didn't take a chance asking along The Raid's director Gareth Evans, a man who's never seen a building he didn't want to punch holes in, for a chat about his blistering martial arts actioner. Fortunately it paid off. While his film may be bonkers and brilliant, Evans himself is a lovely man who didn't throw a single security guard out the window. Instead, he joined us for a chatty interview about his extraordinary career to date, the journey he's made from south Wales to Jakarta, and The Raid's wide-ranging influences. Yes, Hard Boiled gets a big mention this time.This week's 'cast also features Team Empire's report from Cannes, »
Second Opinion - The Raid (2011)
20 May 2012 11:24 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Raid (a.k.a The Raid: Redemption), 2011.
Written and Directed by Gareth Evans.
Starring Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Yayan Ruhian, Doni Alamsyah, Joe Taslim and Ray Sahetapy.
Synopsis:
An elite Swat team raid a derelict apartment building occupied by a ruthless crime lord and his army of thugs, murderers and gangsters.
The Raid is a difficult film to pass judgement on. It is in no way a bad film and it is, moreover, one of the better action films of recent cinematic efforts, far outstripping anything such as the Jason Statham release, Safe, for example; that film was just a rehash of multiple other action pictures but delivered with one tenth of the quality.
In The Raid writer/director Gareth Evans shows us (or at least showed me) something we’ve never seen before as a Swat team storm a tenement building filled with disposable bad guys on every one of its 30 floors, »
- flickeringmyth
Review: The Raid
18 May 2012 1:00 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Iko Uwais, Ray Sahetaphy, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian | Written and Directed by Gareth Evans
Review originally posted on February 27th 2012…
Deep in the heart of Jakarta’s slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the rundown apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. However today is different. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, Tama (Sahetaphy), offers lifelong, and free, sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for dispatching the Swat team. Now Rama (Uwais) a rookie member of the elite swat team, »
- Phil
Have Your Say: What's Your Favourite Chow Yun Fat Performance?
17 May 2012 10:08 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Today is Chow Yun Fat's birthday, and as the Hong Kong superstar turns 57, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to look back over the actor's career and highlight a few of his favourites. Since starting out in the mid-1970s, Chow has featured in over 100 films and TV series, and worked with many of the industry's most talented and influential actors and filmmakers. He has tried his hand at action, comedy, romance and fantasy - and portrayed cops, killers, gamblers, warriors, military tacticians and yes, even bulletproof monks.Perhaps it is a little predictable, but my personal favourite Chow performance is from my all-time favourite Hong Kong movie: as rogue cop Tequila Yuen in John Woo's Hard Boiled. One minute he's mercilessly emptying »
John Woo Returning to English Language Film with ‘Day of the Beast’
17 May 2012 9:13 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
With classic titles like The Killer (still slated for a 3D remake) and Hard Boiled on his resume, director John Woo has been a mainstay in the world of Hong Kong action films since the late 1980s – but it looks like the filmmaker is now poised to return stateside.
It sounds as though, Woo is set to helm an English-language remake of the 1963 Japanese film Youth of the Beast – to be written by Rob Frisbee, former winner of TV’s The Amazing Race.
According to IndieWire, the Tokyo-set film, entitled Day of the Beast, follows an American who gets mixed up in a battle between the Yakuza and a gang of Russian mobsters. No word yet on who will play the unlucky tourist. Woo ...
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- Robert Yaniz
New John Woo Film In The Works: Day Of The Beast
16 May 2012 8:31 PM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Upcoming project is a remake of ’60s Yakuza flick.
I was never more interested in movies and filmmaking than I was in the early ’90s, when I was coming out of high school. As far as movies go, it was an interesting era, in that the major studios were lavishing unheard-of sums of money upon productions that were clearly destined to wind up being utter shit, while off in the periphery, what would become annoyingly known as the “independent film movement” was just starting to catch its footing.
Among the guys at the forefront of this movement were Robert Rodriguez, who had submitted himself to medical testing to raise the money for his first micro-budget movie, El Mariachi, and Quentin Tarantino, who on the heels of Reservoir Dogs, was being pursued by every big-name actor in town for the privilege of providing him their services at union scale.
It was »
- Josh Converse
John Woo to Direct English-language Remake Day Of The Beast
16 May 2012 11:49 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
It’s been a while since John Woo has directed an English-language film—nine years to be exact. Now the director has committed to directing an English-language remake of Seijun Suzuki’s 1963 film Youth of the Beast. The film, titled Day of the Beast, centers on the dealings of Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Woo will direct and produce the pic from a script by Rob Frisbee. The story takes place in Tokyo and “follows a western outsider with a grim past as he becomes embroiled in a global turf war between a vicious new breed of Yakuza and old school Cold War Russian mobsters.” I’m not familiar with the original, but it should be interesting to see a new English-language pic from Woo. The director was hailed for his action style in the 90s in films like Hard Boiled and Face/Off, but suffered box office failures with Windtalkers and his 2003 effort Paycheck, »
- Adam Chitwood
On The Rise 2012: 10 Directors Who Look To Be Bright Sparks Of The Future
15 May 2012 11:33 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Like it or not, filmmaking is undeniably a director's medium. It wasn't always like that, of course: it was only the coming of the auteur theory in the 1950s and 1960s that popularized the idea of the director as the person responsible for all that was great and terrible about a picture. And while anyone who's worked in film knows that it's a collaborative medium, there's still no better way of seeing where the form might be going in the next few years than by looking at the directors who've been making splashes of late.
So, hot on the heels of our On The Rise pieces focusing on actors, actresses and screenwriters, we've picked out ten directors who've arrived in a big way in the last year or so, and look set for even greater things in the near future. Any tips of your own? Let us know in the comments section below. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
The 25 web TV shows you need to see
12 May 2012 12:16 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
With everyone from Joss Whedon to Seth MacFarlane involved, internet TV is attracting huge stars, big bucks and small-screen spin-offs. Here are the best streams to point your browser at
Celebrity interviews are often prosaic or, worse still, completely saccharine affairs where both interviewer and interviewee become lost in a mutual haze of self-promotion. The Conversation cuts the crap with its honest discussions, with host Amanda de Cadenet interviewing some of the world's most prominent female personalities, from Gwyneth Paltrow to Jane Fonda. It hit the headlines for asking celebrities to reveal their favourite sex positions, but there's far more to this series than tabloid-friendly disclosures. The words "From executive producer Demi Moore" may raise your cynicism levels, but the mood is often more Ted than TMZ, and it's classier than your average celeb fodder. And who needs friends when you can spend your lunchbreak with Sarah Silverman? »
- Gwilym Mumford, Hannah J Davies, David Stubbs
Attention Hong Kong! Win tickets to see The Raid: Redemption before it hits theatres!
4 May 2012 11:32 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Regular readers might have noticed that here at Twitch we have a dizzying amount of love and affection for Gareth Evans and his mind-blowing, bone-crunching, head-kicking Indonesian action spectacular, The Raid: Redemption. The film stars Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim and Yayan Ruhian and follows a Police Tactical Unit as they lay siege to a rundown Jakarta apartment building run by a vicious drug lord and populated by an army of deadly foot soldiers. Featuring incredible scenes of gunplay and some of the most jaw-dropping martial arts sequences in recent memory, all set to a thumping new score from Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, The Raid: Redemption has drawn comparisons to the likes of Die Hard and Hard Boiled and is being championed as the year's best action film! While The »
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
Daily Briefing. "Bad Fever" and a New Mediascape
2 April 2012 8:01 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
There'll be a party following the single screening of Bad Fever this evening at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles. Nick Schager, originally for the Voice, now in the La Weekly: "Writer-director Dustin Guy Defa's stark indie trains its character-study gaze on Eddie (Kentucker Audley), a socially dysfunctional 20-something who — while living at home with his dour mom (Annette Wright), hanging out in empty diners and entertaining stand-up comedy dreams by recording anecdotes on cassette — strikes up a random romance with Irene (Eleonore Hendricks), who lives in an abandoned school and has a fondness for kinky videotaping. Eddie and Irene are kindred misfits in search of some direction and contentment, and if Defa's aesthetics are mundane, his leads' performances are not, especially in the case of Audley, whose darting eyes and hushed, stuttering speech express confused longing with transfixing, train-wreck magnetism."
The New Yorker's Richard Brody: "Defa exerts »
Five Reasons To See 'The Raid: Redemption'
23 March 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
by Josh Wigler and Kevin P. Sullivan
"The Hunger Games," awesome though it may be, is far from the only action movie in town this weekend. Today also sees the release of Gareth Evans' "The Raid: Redemption," an Indonesian martial arts flick about an elite squad fighting for their lives inside of a crime-ridden apartment complex.
It's gory, it's terrifying, and it's absolutely impossible to look away from. Action junkies, you owe it to yourselves to seek this one out -- there's a reason it's being put on the same pedestal as "Die Hard" and "Hard Boiled" by some reviewers. Simply put, "The Raid" is legendary. Get in on the ground floor while you can.
If you need further convincing, keep on reading for five reasons to see "The Raid: Redemption" in theaters this weekend.
Any action director can fill their movie with the most skilled martial artists and stunt professionals, »
- MTV Movies Team
Tsr Exclusive: ‘The Raid: Redemption’ interview with writer/director Gareth Huw Evans
20 March 2012 4:27 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Gareth Huw Evans does not look like the type of guy who has directed an awesome Indonesian action movie. For one, he’s Welsh. On top of that, he’s a giggly tall man with proud roots as an action fanboy, especially for the films of John Woo.
Evans’ third feature film The Raid: Redemption tells the action-packed tale of a Swat team that becomes trapped in a villain-filled apartment complex they originally expect to walk in and out of. The film uses the martial arts styling of Pencak Silat, and features Evans’ second film with Silat champion Iko Uwais. Already set for two sequels and an American remake, The Raid: Redemption is a monumental moment for the action movie genre.
I sat down with Evans to discuss the reception of the film, how scenes came together on-set, and what movie really excites him as a true action fanboy.
- Nick Allen
Dante Lam’s The Sniper: UK DVD review
12 March 2012 5:05 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Dante Lam. Review: Adam Wing. If you look back at Dante Lam’s career you’re sure to discover a fine body of work. Beast Cops is an obvious standout, but lets not forget The Beast Stalker, The Stool Pigeon and even The Twins Effect; well I liked it anyway. The Sniper (the literal translation is Godly Gunslingers) finally hit theatres in 2009, sandwiched between the quite awesome The Beast Stalker and the almost as awesome The Stool Pigeon. It’s not as good as either of those films but considering the turbulent journey it took on its way to the big screen, I’m surprised there’s enjoyment to be had at all. The Sniper revolves around the Godly gunslingers of the Hong Kong Police Force’s Special Duties Unit (Sdu). Richie Jen (Exiled) takes on (and takes off his shirt) Huang Xiaoming (Royal Tramp), two deadly sharpshooters on opposite sides of the law. »
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘The Raid’ is an excellent action thriller, alternately graceful and brutal
2 March 2012 2:39 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Written and directed by Gareth Evans
Indonesia/USA, 2011
The Raid is an action thriller with unmistakable, specific influences, but one that combines them with its own unique qualities to provide a particularly potent collection of thrills. Made in Indonesia but directed by a Welshman, the simple but effective plot of Gareth Evans’ film is almost like a mix of two of its clear influences, Die Hard and Assault on Precinct 13. A derelict apartment building in the heart of Jakarta’s slums acts as a seemingly impenetrable safe house for a ruthless gangster and an array of killers and thugs. Tasked with raiding the fortress and capturing the vicious drug lord who runs it, an elite police team enters the building while under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, only for an unexpected witness to reveal their presence to the criminals in charge. The members of the unit, »
- Josh Slater-Williams
10 Films To See In March
1 March 2012 2:15 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
With the awards race in the rearview mirror, it is time to place the spotlight entirely on 2012 and with it, we’ve decided on a new focus for this monthly rundown. In an effort to be more faithful to the headline and give you the highest of quality, from here on forward we will be strictly expanding on just ten films per month and put “matinees” at the top in a simple list along with their opening date. Without further adieu, check out the list below.
Matinees: Boy (3/2), Project X (3/2), Footnote (3/9), Jiro Dreams of Sushi (3/9), Natural Selection (3/16), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (3/16), The Hunger Games (3/23), Goon (3/30), Intruders (3/30) and Turn Me On, Dammit! (3/30)
See:
10. The Island President (Jon Shenk; March 28th)
Synopsis: After bringing democracy to his country, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, takes up the fight to keep his homeland from disappearing under the sea. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
The Raid review
29 February 2012 7:53 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Is The Raid one of the best action movies of recent years? Quite possibly. Here’s Ryan’s review of an exceptional film...
When was the last time you actually held your breath during an action movie, or gasped, or clung to your armrest in horror? When was the last time you really winced at every gunshot wound or punch to the face that’s unfolded on the screen? Short, sharp and incredibly brutal, The Raid may be the best action movie to grace the big screen in years - in fact, director Gareth Evans’ movie attacks the genre with all the impact of a sledgehammer blow.
First, the plot. A group of elite cops launch a dawn raid on a multi-storey tennament building that serves as the lair for an evil drug lord, but what is intended to be a swift, stealthy mission soon goes wildly out of control. »
New Clip From Let The Bullets Fly
28 February 2012 6:23 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
I spent large portions of junior high and high school watching Chow Yun-Fat kick major ass in movies like “Hard Boiled”, “A Better Tomorrow”, and too many other Hong Kong bullet operas to name. Needless to say, I’m pretty pumped at the idea of him playing a violent crime boss in “Let the Bullets Fly”, an insane action/comedy from director Jiang Wen (who also stars in the film). If you’re not already excited for this, there is a chaotic new clip that will kick your adrenal glands into overdrive. The sheer number of gunshots in this 90 second clip is awe-inspiring, and when you add random bodies falling from the sky…well, you got me. Hook, line, sinker. In this pitch-black action-comedy, the legendary bandit “Pocky” Zhang violently crosses paths with the con man Tang, who desperately offers up an intriguing proposition: Zhang will become the governor of Goose Town, »
- Brent McKnight
Glasgow Frightfest 2012 Review: The Raid
27 February 2012 3:09 PM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Iko Uwais, Ray Sahetaphy, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian | Written and Directed by Gareth Evans
Deep in the heart of Jakarta’s slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the rundown apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. However today is different. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, Tama (Sahetaphy), offers lifelong, and free, sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for dispatching the Swat team. Now Rama (Uwais) a rookie member of the elite swat team, must stand in »
- Phil
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