The Raid 3: Final Ascent (2026)

Title: The Raid 3: Final Ascent (2026) — Brutality Meets Redemption in a Relentless Finale
After years of silence, The Raid 3: Final Ascent (2026) crashes onto screens with the force of a sledgehammer — and it was worth the wait. Gareth Evans returns to direct what is being called the final chapter in the saga that redefined action cinema. And this time, the stakes aren't just personal. They're national.

Set five years after the events of The Raid 2, the film finds Rama (Iko Uwais) living in forced exile in northern Thailand, having gone deep undercover to protect his family. But peace never lasts. When a violent coalition of crime families begins merging under a shadowy former general with political ambitions, Rama is pulled back in for one last mission — not as a cop, but as a weapon.

Final Ascent earns its name. The film builds like a mountain climb — starting from dense jungles and remote villages, then scaling up to a 70-story skyscraper under construction in Jakarta, now used as a fortress and command center by the enemy. Each floor is a gauntlet of mercenaries, killers, and assassins. This time, Rama isn’t just fighting for survival — he’s trying to dismantle a rising dictatorship before it takes power.

The choreography, as expected, is next-level. Iko Uwais delivers his most intense performance yet, blending his signature silat martial arts with raw emotional urgency. Newcomers — including Thai action star Tony Jaa as a former rival turned uneasy ally — bring global martial arts talent into the mix, resulting in some of the most ambitious fight sequences the series has seen.

Visually, Evans leans into claustrophobia and verticality. While The Raid was horizontal chaos in an apartment block, Final Ascent is a vertical nightmare — a literal climb toward chaos and justice.

The film ends with Rama standing on a rooftop at dawn, bloodied, free, but permanently scarred. There’s no promise of a sequel, and there doesn’t need to be. Final Ascent feels like a full-circle moment — a man who has survived hell finally reaching peace, though at devastating cost.

The Raid 3: Final Ascent is a masterclass in action storytelling — ruthless, relentless, and surprisingly human. If this truly is the final chapter, it’s one hell of a send-off.