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The Raid • The Next Reel
“Just because you see what I do as wrong doesn’t mean I can’t be good at it.”
We’re heading in to take down the big bad in The Raid.
Gareth Huw Evans wasn’t making headway with his directing career in his home country of Wales, so moving to Indonesia to work in a project there at the suggestion of his wife – who happens to be from Indonesia – seemed like a good idea. It was there he learned more about the Pencak silat style of martial arts and where he met Iko Uwais. Uwais not only performs silat brilliantly, but also looks good and acts well on screen. That’s when they decided to make movies…
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