The Raid 2

The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)

Timing: 2:30 (150 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2014-03-27

Country

Indonesia, United States

Production

Stage 6 Films, XYZ Films, Sony Pictures Classics, PT. Merantau Films

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$4 500 000

Revenue

$6 566 916

Website

http://www.sonyclassics.com/theraid2/

Director

Gareth Evans

Actors

Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Tio Pakusadewo, Oka Antara, Alex Abbad, Cecep Arif Rahman, Julie Estelle, Very Tri Yulisman, Ryuhei Matsuda, Kenichi Endo
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Gareth Evans

Producer

Ario Sagantoro, Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, Rangga Maya Barack-Evans, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Irwan D. Mussry

Operator

Matt Flannery

Composer

Joseph Trapanese

Artist

Andher Rusman

Audition

Editing

Gareth Evans
All team (89)

• Director Gareth Evans spent 6 weeks choreographing the final fight.
• The script for the second film in the series was written before the first. However, the director had to shoot the first film first due to a lack of funding for the second.
• All punches and kicks landed on the actors were real. For this, the actors underwent special training to learn how to control the strength and speed of their strikes.
• Julia Estelle had no prior experience in martial arts. She had only 6 months to learn the basics of silat.
• During the filming of fight scenes, frequent breaks of 20-30 minutes had to be arranged so that makeup artists could reflect the injuries their characters sustained on the actors' faces.
• During the filming of the car chase scene, the road was closed from 6 am to 6 pm.
• Preparation for filming the action scenes took 18 months, not including the time spent choreographing the fight sequences, which was completed before filming the first movie.
• The revised script changed the main character's motivation. Also, in the new script, Gareth Evans added a fight scene that takes place in a taxi. This scene is based on a true story that Evans heard from a friend while he was finalizing the script.
• Arifin Putra gained about 10 kilograms to prepare for his role.
• Principal photography began on January 20, 2013, and production was completed in the first week of August 2013.
• Rama infiltrates Bangun's gang under the name Judah. In the film "Merantau" (2009), also directed by Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais' character was also named Judah.
• The prison scene was filmed at Benteng Van Der Wijck (Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia).
• The script for the second film in the series was written before the first. But the director had to film the first film first due to a lack of funding.
• Rama infiltrates Bangun's gang under the name Judas. In "Merantau" (2009), also directed by Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais's character was also named Judas.