was saying, when we did the fight scenes, we did, as much as we could, full body contact. So the guys had to basically get beaten up relentlessly for, like, 14 hours a day. So ideally, we wanted 14 or 15 days to film it, but we only had eight. How long did it take to shoot? Gareth Evans: For a six-minute, non-stop sequence like that, normally you’d want two or three days for each minute of action.

Following a screening of the movie (which had the entire audience, including the director’s parents, gasping and yelping with shock and appreciation) Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais spoke entertainingly about the lengthy process of planning and filming The Raid’s numerous, kinetic fight scenes, stunts, injuries, and what we can expect from its sequel… Spoilers lie ahead… That final fight sequence. With The Raid out in the UK on the 16th May, we thought we’d share the following question and answer session with you. If his chosen martial art, silat, was almost unknown in the west before The Raid, then the fearsome array of kicks, punches and elbows to the face packed into its 101 minutes will soon sear it into the film-going public’s consciousness, just as Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak provided a showcase for muay thai. The precision of Gareth Evans’ filmmaking is matched by the sinewy athleticism of its star Iko Uwais. And as we mentioned in our review earlier this year, it’s one of the very best action movies of the past few years. Its story is lean and simple – SWAT team versus criminals in a dingy Jakarta tower block – its action sequences shot and edited with the eye-watering aggression of a horror film. You really have to see The Raid to appreciate just how exciting and nail-bitingly intense the Indonesia-set action movie is. Plus, I literally just watched it and don't know the main character's name. I would like to have seen them use the furniture to their advantage. Also some fight scenes in rooms have all the furniture right next to the walls, therefore leaving a massive open space for the fight. Any 'twists' that were executed, were predictable and poorly constructed. I don't really want to dive into it for spoiler reasons but if our main character is in a tricky situation, something would always happen to get him out. My problems with the film are with the plot conveniences and predictability. The directing was good overall, not many quick cuts although the camera was particularly shaky during the first half. The bad guy in that scene is like the Indonesian Terminator, he just wouldn't die. I have never seen so much flipping, kicks to the head, jump punches and head smashes to the floor.in my life. INSANE! There is one scene where two good guys are against one bad guy (apologies for the bland description) that goes on for six minutes. The action is pretty relentless, well executed and rapid. 'Ah! Ehh! Phwoarrr! Hai! Ohhh!'.you get the gist. The residents did not stand a chance! Wham! Bam! Kapow! Swish! Slice! Followed by continuous noises as our characters fights to death. Thankfully though, the film turned around and our main character was battling his way through using only his body and knives. 40 minutes later, still no hand combat scenes.I was growing agitated.

Bam! I was ready to sit back and watch a heck load of hand combat unfold. One minute in and our main character is punching, elbowing and kicking a sand bag at 100mph. I know this was released first but I couldn't get it out of my head! We follow a SWAT team who raid an apartment block in order to capture Pa-Pa, but the Pa-Pa clan aren't going to make it easy.(ok fine, no more Dredd references). The Raid is the Indonesian version of Dredd.

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