The Raid 2 7/8/14 no unrated version
 

I mention the "no unrated version" because a few frames here & there were cut to get an R rating. the "unrated" version screened at sundance.
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Special Features:
Featurettes:
Ready for a Fight: On Location (Blu-ray exclusive)
Violent Ballet: Behind the Choreography (Blu-ray exclusive)
Deleted Scene: Gang War (Blu-ray Exclusive)
English Dub in addition to the original language version of the film
Director Commentary with Gareth Huw Evans
Featurettes:
The Next Chapter: Shooting a Sequel
Cinefamily Foundation Q&A with Gareth Huw Evans, Iko Uwais & Joe Trapanese

Re: The Raid 2 7/2/14 no unrated version
 

Bummer on the lack of Unrated cut. It will still be mine.

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Never saw it in theatres, but this is a Day 1 purchase for me.

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The deleted "Gang War" scene was uploaded on vimeo by the director. As a warning, it is quite violent and bloody so NSFW
<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/90092972" width="500" height="213" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/90092972">The Raid 2: Berandal (Deleted Scene: Gang War)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user745762">Merantau Films</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Re: The Raid 2 7/8/14 no unrated version
 

Day 1 purchase. Big fan of the movie. Was very happy to see this in theaters. Probably one of the best international action movies recently.

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Big fan of the first but didn't get a chance to catch this in theaters. Think I'll pick this up blind.

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Didn't like this one at all save for the fight scenes. I'll drop $5 on this like the first one.

Where the hell did you find a $5 Blu?! Weird as hell that there's no unrated cut, and disappointing too. Double-dip? Wonder how long it'll take for the price on this to go down at work?

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The Sony titles are often on sale, and those prices drop usually pretty fast. That's how I got the first one for $5.

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I didn't hate it or anything, but this let me down too. I'll probably pick it up cheap down the line for some of the action scenes as well.

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Pretty much how I feel. This along with Captain America are my favorites so far this year.

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but a foreign import release would be the unrated version - right?

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Movie is incredible, can't wait to own it and show it to friends who missed it in the theater

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Does anyone have a Twitter account? Any word from Gareth on why the unrated version was omitted?

Good question. But if you did get a foreign import, you wouldn't be able to redeem the UV code here, would you :(?

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no, I wouldn't think so.

I'll just wait this out and see if an unrated HK release happens.

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There was a panel discussion with Gareth, Iko and Julie that I watched on YouTube.

He mentioned that even though cuts were made (and scenes omitted), the Theatrical Cut is his preferred cut.

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So nothing to worry about?

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I personally don't think so.

@ 10:18 stars what I was speaking about in my previous post.

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Re: The Raid 2 7/8/14 no unrated version
 

personally I can't stand director's that placate to the demands of the MPAA when it comes to watering down violence, sex, et.al.- last time I checked the MPAA aren't filmmaker's and bowing down to their standards would not constitute 'preferred' in the mind of most directors. Some studios have the pre-screened MPAA edit as the defacto 'director's cut' not the sanitized for the masses version. Secondly MPAA ratings are only applicable for the US theatrical/home video release of films, NOT for international releases, but because some studios are cheap, they don't edit two versions.

EDIT:

someone over movie-censorship.com has stated: "Gareth Evans posted on Twitter that the UK will get the full uncut version of the movie!"

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I was about to say, UNRATED was meant for movies like The Raid. :up:

Don't get me started on the MPAA

Damn, so if I want the unrated cut, I have to forfeit my UV copy :(. That sucks. I'm sure that getting this into wide release meant the MPAA was going to force them to compromise, but I assumed that as with the first movie, there'd be an unrated video version. Damn. Rock and a hard place :(. At least I'm region-free.

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Where else besides the UK will the unrated version be available?

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The movie was fucking long and bloody as hell already. How much more could be added?

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per imdb