Netflix's The Raid remake draws heavy backlash as director confirmed
The Raid remake from Netflix hasn't got off to the best of starts.
A directorial update was posted on social media via Deadline earlier this week, with Patrick Hughes (The Hitman's Bodyguard) stepping aboard, and Michael Bay producing alongside the original's Gareth Evans.
But in reaction to this, fans of the cult action movie series have really gone to town on the streaming service.
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"Hard pass, I'll just watch the original," someone tweeted back. "Hollywood is creatively bankrupt."
"Bruh nahhh just give the money to the actual producers and writers of The Raid this will be hogwash," a second person wrote.
Continue scrolling for further reactions to the update on the remake...
Here’s a better idea just put raid on Netflix and skip the reboot!
— 📸 (@Basqeme) January 10, 2022
Considering 2 of those people, either everything explodes to the touch or it will take 100 cuts before the protag even lands a punch. Evans being exec producer means nothing, especially without the stunt crews from the original movies
— arif Gunawan (@arifgm) January 11, 2022
I'm sorry, but this movie it's great mainly because of the actions scenes, where most fighters use "pencak silat", we certainly don't need another generic Hollywood action movie with probably generic mixed martial arts.
— Marcos (@mnc_marcos) January 11, 2022
I'm sorry, but this movie it's great mainly because of the actions scenes, where most fighters use "pencak silat", we certainly don't need another generic Hollywood action movie with probably generic mixed martial arts.
— Marcos (@mnc_marcos) January 11, 2022
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Netflix's version of The Raid, co-written by Hughes and James Beaufort, is set in the Philadelphia Badlands, where an undercover DEA task force slowly works its way up the hierarchy of a drugs cartel, tapping up informants to track down its kingpin.
Bay and Evans said in a joint statement: "We're incredibly excited about Patrick's unique vision for this film. It's a distinctly original take on the material, which promises to pay great respect to the original film while also bringing a fresh approach and perspective that will set its own course in the action genre."
Since exploding onto the scene with his first Raid film 11 years ago, Evans has created TV drama Gangs of London, which is due to return soon for a second series.
He's also directing a sequel to The Raid, plus horror movie Apostle and the upcoming Havoc, a Netflix thriller starring Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Jessie Mei Li and Justin Cornwell.
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