Ten Films To Watch Before The Raid Gareth Evans' primer to his action spectacular Tweet
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5. Sonatine (1993) The Raid’s [pacing] comes strongly from Japanese cinema – from Takeshi Kitano or Takashi Miike – and I wanted to riff on their black humour. A lot of our film plays into Yakuza films. Hana-Bi and Sonatine are the two main ones for me: Hana-Bi has a lot more heart but Sonatine is ice-cold. The nihilism is amazing. There’s a scene in a bar where they’re shooting at each other and no-one is taking cover. It’s such bullshit! There’s no way that would ever happen, but you believe it because it’s presented in a hyper-real way. That was something that I loved in the violence of Kitano’s films.
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1	guysalisbury
	MIA Born Free is a music video ;) More
	Posted by radar670 on Friday May 18, 2012, 13:33
2	Agreed....Where's Hard Boiled
	Seriously No Hard Boiled; not a Single John Woo movie...Dude get to Hong Kong more! More
	Posted by dgribble on Wednesday May 16, 2012, 00:30
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	L: Phil de Semlyen In fairness to Gareth, this isn't intended to be an exhaustive list of films that influenced The Raid, more a fun primer to get you in the mood. I'm sure he'd be the first to pay homage to John Woo and Hard Boiled. Look out from him on next week's podcast... Well, I have to say, as I've already seen The Raid a few weeks ago at the Bradford Film Festival, that if his list is a primer and not an influence list to get you in the mood then watch Hard Boiled and Ong Bak. Those two will definately get you in the mood for this gem of an action movie. More
	Posted by MuckyMuckMan on Tuesday May 15, 2012, 22:24
4	M.I.A Born Free
	I've never heard of this and cant find a review on The Empire site............ More
	Posted by guysalisbury on Tuesday May 15, 2012, 12:16
5	RE: Pic 1
	In fairness to Gareth, this isn't intended to be an exhaustive list of films that influenced The Raid, more a fun primer to get you in the mood. I'm sure he'd be the first to pay homage to John Woo and Hard Boiled. Look out from him on next week's podcast... More
	Posted by Phil de Semlyen on Tuesday May 15, 2012, 11:01
6	Pic 1
	This is from the big boss. More
	Posted by pablo233 on Monday May 14, 2012, 20:33
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	It's Gareth Evans pick, so if he doesn't view Hard Boiled as a major influence, then I guess it wasn't a major influence. Having said that, a wee spoiler alert wouldn't have gone amiss Empire... More
	Posted by JamieNC on Monday May 14, 2012, 19:37
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	Where's Hard Boiled? More
	Posted by MuckyMuckMan on Monday May 14, 2012, 18:28
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	No Hard Boiled? More
	Posted by Whistler on Monday May 14, 2012, 17:16

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