If you’re already burning with anticipation for the martial arts and other violent madness offered by director Gareth Evans and** The Raid 2: Berandal**, here’s something to keep those fires stoked. Evans has hit Twitter to debut a new poster for the film.
Designed by Omar Hauksson, the image of star Iko Uwais is built using a mosaic of images from the movie itself, most of them showing people hitting other people. It’s a technique that has been used in movie imagery in particular for a while now, but it certainly beats a basic floating head job.
This sequel picks up the story two hours after The Raid and sweeps Rama (Uwais) into a much broader world of corruption and violence as he goes undercover in prison and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate. And yes, it looks even more gloriously violent than its predecessor, if that's possible.
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With Julie Estelle, Alex Abbad, Yayan Ruhian, Mathias Muchus, Tio Pakusadewo, Marsha Timothy, Cecep Arif Rahman, Matsuda Ryuhei, Endo Kenichi and Kitamura Kazuki also in the cast, The Raid 2: Berandal premiered at Sundance to a rapturous reception and is slated to arrive in the US on March 28 and heads over here on April 11.