After rocking us during Sundance (review here), Gareth Evans‘ awesome action movie The Raid is set to unspool in theaters next month. We’ve had a few international trailers, but now the official US one has arrived with some disappointing news to go along with it. Distributor Sony Pictures Classics has slapped on the completely unnecessary subtitle, making it The Raid: Redemption.
The only reason that comes to mind for this choice is to differentiate the original from the planned sequels, but can’t they just add subtitles on to those? Nonetheless, you are getting some of the best choreographed action in awhile, so check out the new trailer below via Yahoo and get ready to have a great time. I also added the Sundance video review I did with Germain Lussier from /Film after the trailer.
Plot:
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 run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. 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, the building’s lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city’s worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.
The Raid arrives on March 23rd.
What are your thoughts on this trailer? How does it compare to the first?