 LOS ANGELES, March 6 — Australian filmmaker Patrick Hugues has been tapped to direct the American version of the Indonesian action movie “The Raid,” which caught the attention of international film critics at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival. Patrick Hugues will follow in the footsteps of Welsh director Gareth Evans, who helmed the original Indonesian-language action movie. Released in the US in 2012 under the title “The Raid: Redemption,” the feature gained more attention for its spectacular fight scenes than it did for its screenplay. The plot follows two members of an elite police squad who move in to take control of a Jakarta apartment complex that houses one of the country’s most dangerous drug dealers. Tipped off by a mole, the drug lord anticipates the raid and awaits the officers with a trap. Gareth Evans also directed the sequel—“The Raid: Berandal”—which is due to arrive in US theaters on March 28. Before beginning production on the remake, Patrick Hugues will wrap up on the set of the third movie in the “Expendables” franchise. — AFP-Relaxnews
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