Sony Pictures Classics Will Send THE RAID To Punch You In The Face In Spring 2012

Toronto Midnight Madness winning martial arts film The Raid is coming to punch you in the face in the spring of 2012.

Gareth Huw Evans' reunion with his Merantau star Iko Uwais has been stirring up huge buzz on the festival circuit - the film is currently part of the main competition in Torino - with the driving question from fans being when they will be able to see it in local cinemas. The answer is soon.

Though they have not yet put a firm date on it it has just been announced that Sony Pictures Classics will be handling the release of the film in spring of 2012 in Sony controlled territories. The goal of producers and distributors around the world is to go day and date - or as close to it as possible - worldwide so expect other territories to follow suit.

Want to know what to expect? Check out the US red-band trailer below.

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5 Comments

by Sean "The Butcher" Smithson, November 29, 2011 4:49 PM

Awesome!

by Ard Vijn, November 29, 2011 6:37 PM

We're rich! We're rich!

Ehm... I mean congratulations to Gareth, Todd, and everyone else involved in the making of this film!

by arturo, November 30, 2011 8:51 AM

Cool, can't wait to see it, could be the best action film of the year???

by markc, December 1, 2011 5:42 AM

great news. March 23rd sounds like a great day for release, it's the first Friday in Spring! hopefully it'll get released wide and uncut (i.e. no digital blood removal which was done with Brother, House of Flying Daggers, and Kung Fu Hustle I believe). anyway, I'll be there first day, first showing!

Todd Brown replied to comment from markc, December 1, 2011 9:31 AM

It hasn't gone before the MPAA yet - at least not that I'm aware of - but Sony absolutely intends an uncut release. Given the censorship rules in Indonesia - it's going through that process right now - there's actually a fighting chance that the US release will end up being MORE complete than the Indonesian. We'll have to wait and see how that shakes down.

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