Iko Uwaisloves making very bad people regret picking fights with him, but in his latest film, the The Raid star has decided he’s sick of fighting the good fight and would rather break our hearts as well as breaking people’s faces.
Uwais’ latest project, Wings of Dread, is now streaming on iQIYI, with a trailer showing Uwais unleashing his genuinely terrifying speed and brutality as the villain of a mid-air hijacking. The entirety of the movie takes place on a commercial flight, so it puts Uwais into the kind of cramped, close quarters action that’s pretty familiar to anyone who can’t get those hallway fights from The Raid: Redemption out of their brains. Wings of Dread follows air marshal Gu Chaoyang, played by Ashton Chen, who is travelling home from his honeymoon when the flight is taken over by a ruthless group of hijackers. Time to wave goodbye to the idea of a relaxing vacation then, it seems.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Iko Uwais Takes ‘The Raid’ to 30,000 Feet
The trailer leans hard into the idea of turning a passenger plane into a flying pressure cooker. Chen’s air marshal is forced to fight his way through the cabin while trying to stop the hijacking and keep the passengers alive, with Uwais’ bespectacled villain seemingly enjoying every second of making that task impossible.
Co-directed by Pengfei Qin (Red Cliff) and Chen, Wings of Dread has the same kind of vibe as fellow “you’re on a plane and things go wrong” movies — this is one of our favorite sub-genres — like Passenger 57, Air Force One, Non-Stop, and Fight or Flight. The difference is that it has Uwais at the centre of the violence, which usually means the punches land faster, the choreography gets nastier, and in-flight service involves a knuckle sandwich.
Uwais has had plenty of Hollywood appearances since breaking out in The Raid movies, including Mile 22, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, The Force Awakens, and Expend4blesbut it’s probably fair to say those roles have not always given him the room to fully show off why he became one of modern action cinema’s most exciting martial artists in the first place. Luckily, he’s doing what he does best here.
