Interview with Yayan Ruhian
The Jakarta Post has a feature on Yayan Ruhian, who has remarkable fight scenes as Mad Dog in The Raid (2011); as Erik in Merantau (2009); and as Prakoso in The Raid II (2014). (Via The Heroic Sisterhood)
The Raid Fight Tribute!
Two men recreate the drug lab table fight from The Raid (aka, The Raid: Redemption).
A Warning from the Future
Adam P. Knave brings a warning to us all: “Unfairly Comparing Stories Is Killing Your Own Future Enjoyment!”
The Raid Trailer
Here’s an Indonesian trailer for The Raid, not that it matters because the titles are in English and asskickery is an universal language. (The Raid played at–and won the People’s Choice Award–at TIFF’s 2011 Midnight Madness Programme, see more trailers from that programme here and here).
The Cultural Gutter 