Tom Jolliffe offers up a list of essential 21st Century action films… As an action aficionado and self-confessed old git, I quietly nod in a small amount of agreement with Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese’s Marvel/modern cinema shade. I grew up in an era when action was performed almost entirely in camera, with an eye […]
Netflix reimagining The Raid with Michael Bay, Gareth Evans and Patrick Hughes
Heralded as one of the greatest action movies of the modern era, Gareth Evans’ The Raid is reportedly about to get the remake treatment over at Netflix, with the same director teaming up with Michael Bay and The Hitman’s Bodyguard‘s Patrick Hughes for a ‘reimaging’ of the propulsive classic. Per Deadline’s exclusive, sources have revealed […]
Comic Book Review – The Raid #4
Calum Petrie reviews The Raid #4… Bejo’s unique henchmen are at the door, Teja can not hide in the prison and the guards are being bought off. This is how we start the final issue of The Raid. Rama is the only man trying desperately to keep an non-corrupted police officer from dying in a […]
Preview of The Raid #4
The fourth and final issue of Titan Comics’ The Raid series is out now in comic book stores, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… A brutal finish to this action-packed expansion on the martial arts hit! Rama fought off his enemies in jail, but those outside took notice… […]
Hollywood’s Unhealthy Obsession With Movie Ratings Needs to End
Harrison Abbott on Hollywood’s unhealthy obsession with movie ratings and why it has to end… From a sanitised Die Hard sequel to an R-rated Star Trek, when it comes to ratings Hollywood is incapable of leaving well enough alone. The Dark Age of PG-13-ification Alien Vs Predator, The Expendables 3, World War Z, Max Payne, […]
Comic Book Review – The Raid #3
Calum Petrie reviews The Raid #3… When we left the players of The Raid at the end of the first issue there was power plays, deception and undercover cops. That is still the case, though issue #2 raised the stakes on both the criminal and cop sides of the fence. The criminal boss Bejo had […]
Preview of The Raid #3
Titan Comics releases The Raid #3 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue right here; check it out… As an undercover cop in jail, the last thing Rama wants to see is a familiar face… but it seems his actions in the first movie are back to […]
The Raid 3 probably isn’t going to happen says director Gareth Evans
Gareth Evans, director of The Raid 1 and 2, says that The Raid 3 isn’t a likely prospect. The Raid films have gained a considerable fan-base around the world thanks to the memorable martial arts sequences, choreography, and brutal action found within them. Many fans would love to see a third instalment in the series […]
Preview of The Raid #2
Titan Comics releases The Raid #2 today, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… As the events of the second movie rage, Rama, main character of The Raid, is trapped in prison. Can he protect an undercover cop? Can he even protect himself? Meanwhile, Jakarta crime boss Bejo begins causing […]
Comic Book Review – The Raid #1
Calum Petrie reviews The Raid #1… How exactly do you turn an extremely heavily choreographed martial arts film into a comic book series? Well, the answer is very interestingly. The Raid, for those who may not know, is an excellent action film set in Indonesia, in which an elite police force are trapped and have […]