Truthfully, none of us, the guys at
SPC included, wanted to change the title from the original. But once we knew we
were going to expand the film into a sequel - possibly a trilogy it opened our
eyes up to maybe the need for an all encompassing title that could work for all
three films.
At first it was just something we
toyed around with as an idea to start using with part 2, but then it became an
essential thing to do from the get go. The reason why: we found out "The
Raid" itself was not available for us to use as a title in the US.
We couldn't get clearance on it and
believe me we all tried but with that task becoming impossible and a release
date looming - we chose to go with our idea to add a word that reflected one of
the elements from the first film. Redemption was the one that fit, and it beat
losing The Raid completely after all the work we'd done to establish awareness
of the film.
As a film fan that only very
recently found myself as part of the industry I do understand the backlash but
as someone closely involved in the decision making progress alongside SPC, it
was disheartening to see them being bashed for it.
So that's why I chose to give a little more insight into it.
So that's why I chose to give a little more insight into it.
This wasn't an "evil
studio" thing, the decision had nothing at all to do with the proposed
remake. This was a situation we were all forced into. You guys may not love the
new addition to the title, and I'm not about to go and say Redemption is
perfect, cos it's not - we all much prefer the simplicity of The Raid.
But the film, it is still the same film we screened at festivals and all I hope is that you all read whatever part of that 5 second title card you want to when it pops up on screen, forget the rest and enjoy seeing my good friends beat the shit out of each other for 100mins.
But the film, it is still the same film we screened at festivals and all I hope is that you all read whatever part of that 5 second title card you want to when it pops up on screen, forget the rest and enjoy seeing my good friends beat the shit out of each other for 100mins.
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