Tag: The Raid 2

  • Xyz Films Raises $100 Million in Production Financing

    Xyz Films Raises $100 Million in Production Financing

    Los Angeles-based production, sales and management outfit Xyz Films has raised $100 million in production financing across a slate of 15 to 20 films.Venture capital firm Ipr.Vc, based in Helsinki, Finland, is co-financing the slate. Xyz made the announcement Thursday on the second day of the American Film Market.Notable Xyz titles include Gareth Evans’ “The…

  • Film Review: ‘Apostle’

    Film Review: ‘Apostle’

    After a failed first feature that practically no one saw, Welsh director Gareth Evans traveled all the way to Jakarta to jump-start his career, helming a stunning trio of whiplash-fast action movies featuring the Indonesian martial art of silat — “Merantau,” “The Raid” and “The Raid 2” — that established him as a cutting-edge choreographer…

  • Netflix Sets Indonesian Action Film ‘The Night Comes For Us’ For October

    Netflix Sets Indonesian Action Film ‘The Night Comes For Us’ For October

    Global streaming service, Netflix will give a release to Indonesian action film “The Night Comes for Us,” later this month. The film stars Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, who both starred in previous Indonesian breakout action film “The Raid.”“The Night” had its theatrical premiere last month at the Fantastic Film Festival (aka Fantastic Fest) in…

  • Gareth Evans Explains Why ‘The Raid 3′ Probably Won’t Happen

    Gareth Evans Explains Why ‘The Raid 3′ Probably Won’t Happen

    Gareth Evans is hard at work promoting his upcoming cult horror spookshow Apostle, which means the director has to field plenty of questions about the ass-kicking franchise that broke him out: The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2, two action masterpieces filled with frenetic fight choreography that followed the police officer Rama, played with incredible…