The Raid

[6souls]

Director: Patrick Hughes
Writer: Brad Ingelsby
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2067010/
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A mobster and his thugs trap a SWAT team inside a building

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The Expendables 3 director Patrick Hughes is currently in negotiations to direct an Americanized remake of The Raid. The original film is one of the most badass action films ever made, and the sequel that is coming out in March is even better!

Even with Gareth Evans (writer-director of the original two films) on board as producer, I don't think there's any way in hell they are going to be able to pull off a remake as good as the original.

Here's where it gets even more ridiculous… they are looking at casting Chris Hemsworth and his brother Liam as the main characters. As much as I like Hemsworth as Thor, I can't help but laugh at the thought of him doing a movie like this. There's just no way he will be able to pull off the incredible martial arts that we saw from professionals in the original. I guess there's always a chance they could cut out the martial arts all together, but that would be even more ridiculous than remaking the movie in the first place. This just seems like it's a terrible idea. I have a feeling it will be a very watered down version of an insanely awesome franchise.

The script for the movie was written by Brad Inglesby (Out of the Furnace).

http://geektyrant.com/news/expendabl...he-raid-remake

- Is the American remake of The Raid: Redemption
- Being produced by Gareth Evans (director of the original)

[Takiwaki]

No please no, why remake something that's just a few years old? With part 2 already filming

[Andalusian girls]

normally remakes don't bother me because worst case 1 good movie 1 bad movie (good Oldboy/bad Oldboy) best case 2 good movies (Infernal Affairs/The Departed) but seriously you guys

seriously

they're in the middle of making the original God damn trilogy that is getting released across the world

[Obev]

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Studios seem to think that this kind of thing works. No idea why - if you couldn't be bothered to see a martial arts tower block awesomefest with people speaking Indonesian, why would you see a watered down version of the same thing in English?

[Kalmado]

The words, I can't find them.

[tyven]

i thought we already had an american remake and it was called Dredd

[Delirium]

i thought we already had an american remake and it was called Dredd

This

[Waraji]

This

rofl so true. It's nearly the same thing.

I still need to watch the sequel to the original.

[Johnblaze]

Also co-signing on American version being Dread as well. I saw The Raid: Redemption 1st and watched Dread on netflix about 2 months ago and was highly disappointed that they were so similar.

[SamanosukeShiva]

inb4 he makes it pg13

[Tekki]

Also co-signing on American version being Dread as well. I saw The Raid: Redemption 1st and watched Dread on netflix about 2 months ago and was highly disappointed that they were so similar.

If it makes you feel better, they were shot in relatively close time frames. Hard to say one is a rip off another