Berandal’s Last Stand: ‘The Raid 3: Final Ascent’ Claws Back for 2026 Bloodbath

Jakarta, Oct. 4, 2025 – In a seismic twist for martial arts mayhem, the long-dormant Raid franchise is storming back with The Raid 3: Final Ascent, greenlit for a 2026 release and reuniting Iko Uwais as the unbreakable Rama with Scott Adkins as the treacherous Mad Dog. After director Gareth Evans shelved the trilogy in 2018, citing burnout and a pivot to Hollywood (Deathstroke, anyone?), whispers of revival ignited last month via leaked concept art and a cryptic Sony Pictures tease – transforming fan fanfic into full-throttle fact.

Picking up from The Raid 2‘s gut-punch cliffhanger, where Rama infiltrates the criminal syndicate’s iron grip, Final Ascent catapults him into a vertical vortex of vengeance: a towering mega-skyscraper housing the Berandal empire’s apex predators. Years in hiding have honed Rama into a ghost of fury, but a personal betrayal – tied to his brother’s shadowy fate – drags him skyward through 80 floors of escalating hell. Think silat savagery meets Die Hard‘s heights, with improvised weapons from office debris and rooftop freefalls that make the originals’ stairwell siege look like a warm-up.

Evans steps aside for Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes for Us), the Indonesian gore maestro whose balletic brutality co-penned Raid 2, ensuring the DNA stays savage. “This isn’t closure; it’s combustion,” Tjahjanto growled at TIFF’s secret screening of early footage, where Uwais’ one-take penthouse melee drew roars. Adkins amps the menace as a cyber-augmented Mad Dog, clawing for redemption in a dance of fists and fury, backed by Joe Taslim’s reptilian Uco and a fresh wave of underground talents like Cecep Arif Rahman.

With production revving in Bali this winter, buzz frames it as the trilogy’s apex: tighter timelines, gorier grace, and a finale that ascends from grit to god-tier. In Evans’ words from the vault, “Rama’s raid never truly ends.” Brace for the ascent – when the elevator dings, the body count soars.