Last year, Screen Rant’s Kofi Outlaw gave The Raid: Redemption five stars and ranked it as his second favorite action movie of all time (just behind Die Hard). The praise surrounding this low-budget Indonesian action movie, written and directed by Welsh martial arts fan Gareth Evans, was widespread and earned it an 84% score on Rotten Tomatoes, along with a worldwide gross of around four times its original production budget.
Planning begun on a sequel, titled Berandal, shortly after the release of the first film, and the sequel commenced shooting in January of this year. We’ve already had hints of what to expect, with a new character called “Hammer Girl” and confirmation that the sequel will be set immediately after the end of the first film.
Planning begun on a sequel, titled Berandal, shortly after the release of the first film, and the sequel commenced shooting in January of this year. We’ve already had hints of what to expect, with a new character called “Hammer Girl” and confirmation that the sequel will be set immediately after the end of the first film.