The Raid 2
It's not over yet.
Country
Production
Budget
$4 500 000
Revenue
$6 554 557
Director
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)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
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
Short description
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.
What's left behind the scenes
- Julia Estelle had no prior experience in martial arts. She had only six months to learn the basics of silat.
- Arifin Putra gained about 10 kilograms to prepare for his role.
- Director Gareth Evans spent 6 weeks choreographing the final fight.
- Director Gareth Evans spent six weeks choreographing the final fight.
- 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.
- Rama infiltrates Bangun's gang under the name Yudha. In the film 'Merantau' (2009), also directed by Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais's character was also named Yudha.
- Julia Estelle had no prior experience in martial arts. She had only 6 months to learn the basics of silat.
- 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 Judas. In "Merantau" (2009), also directed by Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais's character was also named Judas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The prison scene was filmed at Benteng Van Der Wijck (Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia).
- 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 the role.
- The protagonist's motivation was changed in the revised script. Gareth Evans also added a fight scene taking place in a taxi to the new screenplay. This scene was based on a true story Evans heard from a friend just as he was finalizing the script.
- 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.
- During the filming of the car chase scene, the road was closed from 6 am to 6 pm.
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