He is a guy who, in many ways, is at the point of hanging it all up. He’s an operator and broken at the top of the story. Simon then went on to talk a little bit about the protagonist and his trajectory. Zeno is comparable to The Raid as Die Hard is to Dredd. It kept evolving that way from the first draft until the current draft we have now. A tale about two brothers and an examination of why we can fight so viciously with the ones we care for most. When I started writing and sending pages over to Joe, it turned into something all it’s own. There is no need to redo something that has already been done exceptionally well. The thing Joe Carnahan, Frank Grillo, and I saw eye to eye on from the jump, was that it wasn’t a remake, it was a reimagining. However, in an interview with , writer Adam Simon revealed that what was initially supposed to be a remake of The Raid, slowly morphed into its own unique beast, so much so that the title isn’t even The Raid, but Zeno. Doesn’t matter as it’s mostly just ass-kicking)? Safe to say, nobody on earth was looking forward to the remake. Why remake something that is still new and pretty much perfect? Why not just watch the original with subtitles (or without. So, when it was announced a couple of years ago or so that The Raid will be getting an American remake, fans and cinephiles collectively groaned. It’s an unmatchable hard-hitting, pulsating, flawlessly choreographed and superbly directed action movie ART that will leave you exhausted and paralysed yet thirsting for more by the time the end credits roll around. Indonesia’s The Raid / The Raid: Redemption / Serbuan Maut which hit the big screen in 2011 is considered by many to be a modern-day action classic. While the world may never actually see The Raid 3, enough is still known about it to ponder what it could've been.I promise you I’m not a complete moron (just a partial one) and the title of the article will make sense in just a second. Uwais has also become one of the biggest martial arts stars in the world, continuing to wow audiences in movies like Beyond Skyline or The Night Comes For Us, along with the Netflix series Wu Assassins and its upcoming movie sequel, Fistful of Vengeance. ![]() Though The Raid 3 never happened, both Evans and Uwais have gone on to great careers, with Evans directing the aforementioned Apostle and creating TV series Gangs of London. Evans also seemed intent to hold true to Rama's minimal involvement in the third movie, with The Raid 2 ending on a weary Rama declaring " No, I'm done" when approached by Goto. The American remake of The Raid remains in development , though a parting of ways between rights owners XYZ Films from director Joe Carnahan and star Frank Grillo now makes it an unofficial one on the latter pair's part titled Zeno. From the sound of it, The Raid 3 was going to take quite a left turn from the end of The Raid 2. The film would also have been set mostly in the jungles of Indonesia as the Gotos battle their Yakuza bosses. Instead, the film would have focused more on the Goto crime family coming into conflict with their Yakuza superiors. Evans explained in a 2016 interview with Impact Online (via AICN), " Whether it was a conscious decision or not, moving back to UK felt like a closing chapter on that franchise - we ended the story pretty neatly (I feel) in Part 2." Evans also reiterated this point while promoting Apostle, stating in an interview with Slash Film, " What we did with The Raid 2, we kinda close that off nicely, so it didn’t really appeal to me to jump back into that world again".Įvans has also stated Uwais' character Rama would've had a minor role in The Raid 3 compared to its predecessors. A combination of the ending of The Raid 2 and Evans' return to the UK from Indonesia led to him moving on from The Raid 3. ![]() RELATED: Warrior's Best Fight Borrows Heavily From The RaidĮvans had already wanted to take a break from action moviemaking in the interim between The Raid 2 and The Raid 3, with his next film being the 2018 Netflix horror Apostle. Though Evans conceived of The Raid franchise as a trilogy, The Raid 3 ultimately never happened, with a combination of factors explaining why. Its 2014 sequel The Raid 2 continued to turn the volume up with a more complex crime family plot and even wilder action. ![]() Following a police raid of a Jakarta apartment complex filled with killers and psychopaths, The Raid combined the Silat-based action scenes of Merantau with the tone of a survival horror game and became an instant action classic.
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