Considering the enthusiastic reaction The Raid 2: Berandal received at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, it's natural that people are already going to ask about a possible third film.

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On Friday, Ruby Hornet interviewed the director of The Raid films, Gareth Evans, and asked what he would do with another sequel. Though a script has yet to be drafted, Evans has "an idea" of where he'll take the franchise next."It’s set three hours before The Raid 2 finishes," he explains, "so there’s a key moment in The Raid 2 where we go back and revisit that scene, and as a result of that, we branch off. We go into a totally different direction. That’s as much as I can say right now. [...] There are people involved in the second [film] that we expand a lot more on in the third…"There's a bit more to the statement, but since there's a good chance almost none of you have seen the film yourselves, I left the last sentence out to avoid spoilers. You can hit the link above to view the whole quote, but the omission is not necessary for context. It'll still be just as confusing.The quote is rather enigmatic for those of us who have yet to see the film. It sounds potentially high-concept (alternate storylines?), though it could also simply entail following secondary or minor characters through their own concurrent plot lines. Whatever it means, the folks at Ruby Hornet who've actually seen the film found the news exciting, so it sounds like we'll have yet another promising Raid movie to look forward to.The Raid 2: Berandal is set for limited American release on March 28, 2014.

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