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Kill me now. Hollywood is remaking The Raid: Redemption with Expendables 3 Director
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One of the worst first posts ever.
SneakySneaks
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The Raid had a hell of a lot of CG Blood (Raid 2 did too).
RustyNails
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Tertullian
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I bet more people will see the remake in the United States than have seen the original.
I'll reserve judgement for this film but the excuse "not many people have seen it" is a shoddy excuse for a remake. Like someone posted earlier, the fact they are going to get normal actors and train them up is an early warning sign. In the Raid they actually fought each other, ok they learned to control the power of there strikes but they still hit each other.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Who the freakin hell can replace Mad Dog?
Serious question.
One of the most awesome OP'd antagonist ever. Main character was just kicking ass throughout and Mad Dog was a like a pure brick-wall. His smaller stature just hid his pure deadliness. Mad Dog....what a perfectly apt name.
Then watch more movies.
Glass Rebel
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Don't worry, they'll replace all the hand-to-hand combat with "realistic fights".
Yea because it'll likely be advertised me and be played on more screens. Hopefully this will spark interest in the original and the sequel. Last I heard, the second one isn't doing so great.
styl3s
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My brain is having trouble comprehending the fact he/she gave Oldboy (US version) a 6/10 but 2001 a 3/10.
I don't want to live in this world anymore.
They should hire "The Stunt People" for the western remake. They fit that description perfectly. (Also Watch Contour)
When i read shit like this it's almost like the critic is attempting to insult the people who enjoyed the film. Maybe i am misunderstanding.
Hopefully it will cause more people to then see the original, and 2 and finally 3 when it hits the theaters.
Sectorseven
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I can see why some might not like The Raid. Roger Ebert hated it.
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-raid-redemption-2012
Maddocks
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We are now not mortal enemies, we cool.
Vulcano's assistant
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Hollywood should be remaking the sequel instead, that is, make it Dredd 2 and I'll allow it.
chickdigger802
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True, but i feel like Raid was always targetting a R, so even if there wasn't blood, some of those kills were brutal as fuck.
But yeah i can see where people might think Raid was bad. Story wise i found it kinda hard to follow and kinda mediocre, the fights were top notch though.
Raid 2 though, decent story, stellar fights, just an overall good movie, vs a good martial arts flick.
frankie_baby
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Maybe the dredd producers could sue the studio making this to fund dredd 2
I don't believe in the weird internet logic of "the remake was bad and it killed my love for the original". I enjoyed the hell out of the first Raid (second bombed hard and left my theater fast) but there was definitely room for improvement. The story for example could use some tightening up and never felt at least serviceable.
EDIT: Also, stop feeding ComputerMKII's site attention.
EDIT: Also, stop feeding ComputerMKII's site attention.
Poofynamanama
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LOL. I need a source on this, plz
mysocksarepink
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love dem factz
I don't think it's possible for the remake to kill my enjoyment of the original, but i also don't see it actually improving on it either. Maybe i will be proven wrong. I'll give it a chance at least, i did so for Oldboy( and i actually enjoyed Spike Lee's take, even though it's not as good as the original)but i don't expect the best aspect of the Raid( the fights , naturally) to be anywhere as good as the original though. Sucks that the second one bombed, it was excellent though and better than the first IMO.
Didn't see the warning. Anyways, i blame this remake happening on the people who didn't see either Raid. They were fantastic. Raid 2 was just phenomenal action esp during the kitchen fight. I told everyone to see it and they were like what's that? There was only 6 other people during the showing i attended. It was depressing. But god damn. The kitchen scene.
But it does have the best action/fighting in any film, maybe only surpassed by the raid 2.
( imo, obviously)
RustyNails
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Yes but whenever Hollywood takes on something like this, it usually screws it up bad especially on the topic of martial arts which is more relevant in Asia. I have no clue how this is gonna work out...maybe he will cast Jet Li? He's in Expendables 3 isn't he?
I mean, I get that and all, but it's not operating on some kind of unique framework that would really necessitate doing a direct remake of it. They're honestly better off saving their money and doing the same kind of movie without having to pay off some production companies.
I don't know why are the even bothering. The action and choreography is what was great about The Raid, not the story. This is like remaking a martial arts HK movie with American actors. It's pointless.
The jury is out on this director. We'll see if he has the action chops with EX3.
The jury is out on this director. We'll see if he has the action chops with EX3.
Space Runaway
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Are they gonna cast Keanu Reeves?
But this time the movie can be made for people who don't like subtitles or tan-colored people.
SJRB
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Up next: ip man, starring Jason Statham.
Glass Rebel
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It's a shame that his Raid review and his follow-up are going to be the last articles I'll remember him for. The comparisons to video games and the painfully defensive and condescending tone in the second article really didn't sit well with me.
Fat, old, slow Keanu Reeves as Mad Dog, please. I want a spiritual successor to Man of Tai Chi's final fight.
NotMyRealName
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Less dancing, more knifing please
The issue that I have with this kind of remake is that here you have this great film with great actors, yet instead of championing that they decide to take it and "westernize" it. The Raid: Redemption is only a couple years old, there is no need for a remake other than making it more "palatable" to western audiences.
It upsetting the Raid 2 bombed in the US. It actually did alright here, in the UK. It took just under £500,000 on the opening weekend, which for a cult independent foreign film is pretty decent.
Hopefully one day people will get over subtitles. I remember when I went to see the first Raid and the staff member I bought my ticket off said "Do you know this film is subtitled ?"
Hopefully one day people will get over subtitles. I remember when I went to see the first Raid and the staff member I bought my ticket off said "Do you know this film is subtitled ?"
Wait... what?
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