Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films will release writer-director Gareth Evans’ action-thriller “The Raid 2” in the U.S theaters, the companies announced Tuesday.
Currently in post-production, “The Raid 2” picks up right where the first film left off and follows Rama (Iko Uwais) as he goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and uncover the corruption in his own police force.
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The film was produced by Ario Sagantoro for Merantau Films and Aram Tertzakian and Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films. “The Raid 2” was executive produced by Merantau’s Rangga Maya Barack-Evans, Irwan D. Mussry, and XYZ’s Nick Spicer and Todd Brown.
“The Raid: Redemption” was released theatrically in March 2012 by Sony Pictures Classics. It grossed $4 million in the U.S. and earned great reviews, including an 85% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Screen Gems is currently developing an English-language remake of “The Raid.”