Netflix remake of cult action film ‘The Raid’ to be set in Philadelphia

In 2011, director Gareth Evans breathed new lifestyle into a stagnant motion thriller style with “The Raid,” showcasing Indonesian martial arts in a movie about a law enforcement squad that tries to infiltrate a criminal offense-infested superior-increase in Jakarta.

The motion picture was a critical accomplishment and arrived in U.S. theaters the next calendar year as “The Raid: Redemption,” adopted by a sequel in 2014. 

Evans is now teaming up with Michael Bay and Patrick Hughes to make a Netflix remake of the film that will be based mostly on an elite undercover DEA process force in Philadelphia, where by the feds are trying to navigate a drug cartel in order to consider down its kingpin.

Hughes, who’s most effective-recognized for “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” sequence and “The Expendables 3,” is established to direct the remake whilst Bay and XYZ Films will create. Evans and Vary Media Associates will government deliver the movie. The script will be prepared by Hughes and James Beaufort, in accordance to Deadline.

“We’re exceptionally energized about Patrick’s exclusive eyesight for this movie. It is a distinctly primary get on the materials, which promises to pay terrific regard to the original movie when also bringing a fresh new technique and point of view that will established its possess course in the motion genre,” the producers reported.

Many makes an attempt to remake the film in a U.S. environment have fallen apart given that the debut of the primary, but Netflix reportedly pounced on the option after Bay and Hughes joined forces to go after the task.

The movie will be established in Philadelphia’s drug-infested “Badlands,” even though it can be not but obvious whether or not the movie will actually be filmed in the metropolis. Netflix is powering the upcoming Adam Sandler movie “Hustle,” which filmed at several spots in Philadelphia and the bordering area final yr.

The alternative of area follows a string of substantial-profile movie and Tv projects that have been shot in Philadelphia in latest decades, together with HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” “Concrete Cowboy” and AMC’s “Dispatches from Somewhere else.”

“The Raid” was an exceptionally violent and gory film that experienced documentary-style cinematography and extended hand-to-hand combat sequences, making it a cult common amongst martial arts fanatics even though putting off some reviewers for its deficiency of character depth. In the original, the film’s protagonist was a rookie cop who battled to conquer the attrition of his squad and the betrayal of his lieutenant.

How intently the Philadelphia-based mostly plot mirrors the Evans’ tale established in Jakarta stays to be noticed, but the job is most likely to deliver significant curiosity as a lot more facts grow to be out there.