4 Movies Directed by Gareth Evans

Merantau

Merantau

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-05

Languages:

Indonesian, English

Countries:

Indonesia

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (6775 Reviews)

Director:

Gareth Evans

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Gareth Evans

Daiwanne Ralie (translation)

Fullplot:

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta. After a series of setbacks leave Yuda homeless and uncertain about his new future, a chance encounter results in him defending the orphaned Astri from becoming the latest victim of a European human trafficking ring led by the wildly psychotic, Ratger and his right-hand man Lars. With Ratger injured in the mèlèe and seeking both his "merchandise" and bloody retribution, Yuda's introduction to this bustling city is a baptism of fire as he is forced to go on the run with Astri and her younger brother Adit as all the pimps and gangsters that inhabit the night hound the streets chasing their every step. With escape seemingly beyond their grasp, Yuda has no choice but to face his attackers in an adrenaline charged, jaw-dropping finale.

The Raid: Redemption

The Raid: Redemption

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-13

Languages:

Indonesian

Countries:

Indonesia, France, USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (135585 Reviews)

Director:

Gareth Evans

Fullplot:

In Jakarta, Indonesia, Lieutenant Wahyu organizes the invasion of an apartment building that is the safe house of the powerful and cruel drug lord Tama and his gang. The SWAT team breaks in the building but one lookout sees and warns the gangsters and the police force is trapped on the seventh floor. They learn that Lt. Wahyu has not informed his superiors about the operation. Now the police officers have to fight with limited ammunition against the armed and dangerous gangsters.

The Raid 2

The Raid 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-11

Languages:

Indonesian, Japanese, English

Countries:

Indonesia, USA

Runtime:

150 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(73217 Reviews)

Director:

Gareth Evans

Fullplot:

He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over the small fry has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. And so Rama begins a new odyssey of violence, a journey that will force him to set aside his own life and history and take on a new identity as the violent offender "Yuda." In prison he must gain the confidence of Uco - the son of a prominent gang kingpin - to join the gang himself, laying his own life on the line in a desperate all-or-nothing gambit to bring the whole rotten enterprise to an end.

V/H/S/2

V/H/S/2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-06

Languages:

English, Indonesian

Countries:

USA, Canada, Indonesia

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (23756 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Simon Barrett

Jamie Nash

Timo Tjahjanto

Gareth Evans

Jason Eisener

John Davies

Brad Miska (concept: anthology concept)

Timo Tjahjanto (story)

Fullplot:

Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance.

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