Tag: silat

Indonesian director Anggy Umbara clearly belongs to the John Woo school of filmmaking, which means that the only thing better than slow motion is more slow motion. In the rain. He also believes in laying on a good smackdown and...

An earnest and heartfelt coming-of-age story hailing from the tiny South-East Asian sovereign state of Brunei, Siti Kamaluddin's debut feature has attracted widespread attention thanks to its spirited use of en vogue martial art silat. While Yasmine trades the visceral...

We have been following the production of Siti Kamaluddin's silat-infused drama Yasmine for quite some time now, and a full English-subbed trailer is now online, which gives us a far clearer sense of the film and its narrative.  Only the...

It was no hyperbole when we called The Raid: Redemption "the best action movie in decades." That film redefined martial arts cinema for the 21st century and announced Gareth Evans as one of the most exciting young directors working today....

Shortly before the New York City red carpet premiere of The Raid 2 {orig. title:The Raid 2: Berandal}, I caught up with Iko Uwais, reprising his role as everybody's favourite Indonesian undercover cop, and Julie Estelle, who told me all...

Yes, we're late to the party on the new US trailer for The Raid 2 - it was that sort of weekend - but, well, there is one. And if you want to see prisoners beaten with sticks in the...

With Gareth Huw Evans' The Raid 2 hitting screens in the US on March 28th - the release begins in New York and LA and will spread rapidly from there to cover all major markets - a second extensive behind...

We have been intrigued by director Siti Kamaluddin's action drama Yasmine since first coming across word of it back in October. It's just the second commercially produced film in the entire history of Brunei, for one thing, and it provides...

It was no hyperbole when we called The Raid: Redemption "the best action movie in decades." That film redefined martial arts cinema for the 21st century and announced Gareth Evans as one of the most exciting young directors working...

Though we'll have to wait a bit longer yet to witness the first materials building up to the US release of Gareth Huw Evans' The Raid 2 - and with the US theatrical release coming March 28th 'a bit longer'...

Here's a surprising fact: Despite having the second highest standard of living in SE Asia (behind Singapore) and local cinemas doing a bustling business, the country of Brunei had not produced a single feature film for commercial release in the...

Production on Gareth Huw Evans' sequel to The Raid is roughly at the half way mark now and with things humming along nicely director Evans posted a super bloody image from the shoot to his Twitter account earlier today. The...

Given the massive success of The Raid at the Indonesian box office it comes as no surprise that producers in both Indonesia and neighboring Malaysia are scrambling to find new fight stars of their own. And while it doesn't appear...