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Watch the raid5/7/2023 “We must now confront the ancient threat growing at our doorstep.” “Ferried from an unknown time and place, a haunting presence has been detected,” says the description of the raid on Bungie’s website. It's a little puzzling as to why the MPAA picked out these two brief moments as being too much since headshots and knife use are all over the place in the rest of the movie.Ĭomparison between the international theatrical version / R-Rated and the Indonesian version (both featured on the British Blu-ray by Momentum Pictures).Destiny 2 Lightfall’s raid, Root of Nightmares, is nearly here and Guardians everywhere are perfecting their loadouts to take on the next hardcore endgame activity in the series. All fights remain untouched and many scenes with explicit violence were no problem. When looking at the censorship of the international version, it's surprising how moderate they are considering the mayhem that takes place in the film. However, the British DVD only features the R-Rated version. The US get it on the DVD and Blu-ray where it is labeled "Unrated" and the UK get the Blu-ray, which contains both versions. Therefore, it was interesting if those other markets would get to see the original uncut version from Indonesia, as well. The international theatrical version is based on the R-Rated cut ( for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, and language) and was shown in almost every country apart from Indonesia, including Germany and the UK. It was to be expected that the American ratings board MPAA did not like The Raid's gritty realistic take of violence. He not only discovered the main star Iko Uwais and made an earlier film with him called Merantau but also directed the official Indonesian sequel called Berandal, being the second film of a planned trilogy. It's probable that Gareth Evans, the Welsh director of the original, is most capable of doing such a convincing job once more. Not long ago, the Spanish horror film prompted some American producers to make a more than redundant remake called Quarantine. Whether this is a good idea remains to be seen albeit it isn't exactly a new practice. Here, the international version got a new soundtrack by Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda and a US remake is in the works, too. And while other brutal melee movies hit the video stores almost every week, the plans for this film are different. They seemed to see the potential, as well. In this film, the fight for survival isn't an elegant ballet in slow motion but a captivating tour de force, a close combat battle where every measure is justified.Īfter Hollywood noticed that little movie, they didn't hesitate to acquire the rights. The repertoire includes punching, shooting, stabbing and bone breaking with reliable regularity. He too chooses actions that cause the viewer to raise his eyebrow once in a while. While fighting his enemies, our hero is surely no angel that hovers over their apparent barbarity. The conflicts are dirty and gritty, the actions nasty. Here, nothing gets toned down by a cool oneliner, no CGI overkill waters down the action or an act of heroic pathos saves the day in the last second. When The Expendables has the big names and the cool basic idea, The Raid has the guts to bring the goods to the table. The Raid however proves that the opposite is possible. And even then, a catchy title or fancy artwork is mostly the thing that attracts the common video store visitors. An action film originating from Indonesia normally gets lucky when an international distributor picks up the rights and releases it on the big markets. Films that are not manufactured in the States or other heartlands of movie productions and therefore don't get the media treatment from day 1, rely heavily on word-of-mouth advertising. The Raid is an exception in many aspects.
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