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As a Wu-Tang Clan lifer, it breaks my heart to admit what’s been gnawing at me for years: RZA lost his edge the moment he got serious about music theory. The raw, murky magic of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers); the imperfect loops, off-key samples, dusty soul grit, all of that was born from feel, not formula. Back then, he didn’t need to know music theory because he felt it. But once he started to understand the rules, he began obeying them. That’s when the beats stopped sounding like the streets and started sounding like a film score. Immaculate, sure. But sterile.

This same creative arc, the decline that follows technical refinement, can be found in every artistic medium. And it’s exactly what I felt watching “Havoc,” Gareth Evans’ latest for Netflix. The once iconoclastic filmmaker who blew our minds with “Merantau” and the “Raid” films has drifted into safe,...

Gareth Evans’ Havoc premiered on Netflix last month—and it appears to have earned a fan in none other than Quentin Tarantino.

From the talk backs in the Video Archives podcast, “Q.T.,” who is believed to be Tarantino, said, “Who has seen the Netflix movie Chaos directed the the guy who did The Raid? It’s pretty f***ing bad-ass.” Commenters reminded him that the film is called Havoc, but the sentiment still stands.

Havoc soared to the top of Netflix’s streaming charts upon release, racking up 29.8 million views. That impressive debut outpaced several higher-profile films—including The Electric State, the Russo brothers’ star-studded sci-fi adventure featuring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.

Related Havoc tops Netflix’s streaming charts with a better debut than The Electric State

Tom Hardy stars in Havoc as Walker, a “bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

For those who have basked in the action thriller delights of Tom Hardy and The Raid director Gareth Evans’ Netflix outing, Havoc, the streamer has in treat in store for you. Once again finding a man with a particular set of violent skills on a rescue mission, Netflix has now unleashed the first trailer for the upcoming action movie K.O., which you can check out below.

Written and directed by Antoine Blossier (Prey), K.O. finds professional Mma fighter Ciryl Gane (Den of Thieves: Pantera) taking the lead as a fighter who, after accidentally killing his opponent in the ring, finds a shot at redemption when the widowed wife asks for his help in saving her teenage son from a gang of criminals. The rest of the cast includes Alice Belaïdi, Faued Nabba, Maleaume Paquin, Anne Azoulay, Ibrahima Keita, Samuel Jouy, and Virgile Bramly, and you can check out both...

Tom Hardy is having a great year. After wrapping up the Venom trilogy in 2024, the actor had two projects that headed straight to streaming and both experienced exciting success on different platforms.

The most recent release is Netflix's action thriller Havoc, which follows the successful Paramount+ series MobLand. Gareth Evans of The Raid fame wrote and directed Havoc, which starred Hardy, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker in the main roles. Although the movie opened to mixed reviews from the critics and even worse ratings from the audience,Havoc undeniably became a major hit on Netflix, topping the charts in its first week, per Tudum.

Havoc premiered on Netflix on Apr. 25, and had only two days to make an impact before the streamer stopped the clocks. That makes its viewership even more impressive because, for the week between Apr. 21 and 27, Havoc received 29.8 million views, and 53.1 million hours viewed.

Havoc entered the top 10 in 93 countries,...

Gareth Evans’ Havoc has been a long time coming, but the wait has been well worth it. The hard-hitting action thriller has topped Netflix’s streaming charts with 29.8 million views. This makes the film the most-watched title of the week, but it has also beaten some of Netflix’s more high-profile recent releases, including The Electric State.

The Electric State was a highly anticipated sci-fi adventure movie from the Russo brothers starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. With a budget of $320 million, it was also one of the most expensive movies ever made. However, although the film debuted at Netflix’s #1 spot, it did so with just 25.2 million views. As Havoc was produced for a fraction of the budget of The Electric State, it’s certainly a lot more bang for the buck. Other recent action flicks also performed better in their debuts, including Carry On with 42 million views...

After waiting four, long years, action movie fans had reason to celebrate this weekend as the Tom Hardy-led Netflix thriller, Havoc, was released at last. However, while many have quickly found themselves wonderfully wrapped up in Hardy and The Raid director Gareth Evans’ bullet-ridden tale of a bruised detective forced to battle his way into the criminal underworld, there is one thing that stood out to many viewers. And it’s been met with a mixed response...

Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy has become known for his hardman persona and intensity on-screen. But there’s something else he’s become somewhat infamous for too: accents. Whether it be mumbling through Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant, delivering something highly unexpected vocally with Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, or providing two very different voices as Eddie Brock and Venom in the Marvel franchise, Hardy loves to do a voice. Havoc is no different,...

Following the culmination of his Venom trilogy, Tom Hardy entered a very eventful 2025: the release of his gangster series, MobLand, and the recently released Netflix action film, Havoc. The latter has been in development for a long time, with several reshoots, but it still wasn't enough to convince the audience.

Havoc premiered on Netflix on Apr. 25. The action film, with Gareth Evans at the helm, debuted with a disappointing score of 61% on Rotten Tomatoes from the critics, which was barely enough for a "fresh" score. However, as more reviews came in,Havoc's critics' score slightly improved to 66%, but as the audience started reviewing it, they were less and less impressed, as Hardy's new film has an unfortunate 49% approval from the audience.

While the critics praised Havoc's action and fight sequences and directorial style, the audience was less impressed. One review highlights that Havoc "tries to be too many things at once,...

Tom Hardy seems to have turned over a new leaf in Havoc. After years of headlines about his rocky dynamic with Charlize Theron on Mad Max: Fury Road, it sounds like Hardy has made some serious changes. His Havoc co-star Jessie Mei Li had nothing but praise for him, calling him “lovely to work with” and highlighting how supportive he was on set.

It’s a refreshing shift for an actor once known for bringing as much intensity behind the scenes as he did in front of the camera. If this is the Tom Hardy we’re getting now, Havoc might just be the start of a new era.

Tom Hardy turned over a new leaf in Havoc, says Jessie Mei Li Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road | Credits: Village Roadshow Pictures

Tom Hardy’s old reputation for being tough to work with? Jessie Mei Li says to forget about it.

Tom Hardy stars in “Havoc,” a highly anticipated, hyper-violent thriller from Netflix. The film bears the unmistakable mark of Gareth Evans, a filmmaker known for his visceral style and violent storytelling. “Havoc” certainly delivers on this front, offering an almost over-the-top choreography of violence in a story that moves relentlessly from one violent sequence to an even more violent one.

“Havoc” is all about atmosphere, pacing, noir aesthetics, and street violence. Its setting and style evoke memories of Sin City (2005), featuring characters seemingly driven by the film’s own aesthetic. Written and directed by Gareth Evans, the movie fully embraces his signature style: violence, atmosphere, and characters who exist primarily to fulfill their roles within the narrative.

That said, if you enjoy violent thrillers, it’s quite a spectacle.

Navigating a City’s Underbelly

The fuse for Havoc is lit by a drug deal gone disastrously wrong. This initial incident throws the film’s protagonist,...

Gareth Evans’s Havoc has a setup as elementally simple as the filmmaker’s 2011 breakout The Raid: Redemption and its 2014 sequel: A grizzled detective, Walker (Tom Hardy), fights his way through a gang war in a city plagued by urban rot, along the way uncovering that the highest echelons of society have ties to the drug-peddling underworld. Along the way, he puts down one gangster after another in violent fashion.

It’s established immediately that Walker is a capable but crooked detective whose history of taking dirty money puts him at the mercy of higher-ups. One such figure, Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker), comes to Walker when word gets out that the politician’s son, Charlie (Justin Cornwell), is the chief suspect in a drug robbery gone bad and on the run from both police and cartel soldiers. “Don’t forget,” Beaumont growls, “I know what you did,” threatening to expose...

Tom Hardy is having a moment with back-to-back releases, while fans are loving him in British crime drama MobLand, theactor is now prepping for the release of the highly anticipated Havoc that marks his long-awaited collaboration with Gareth Evans. While plot details are tightly under wraps, the trailer and other marketing material hint that the director and actor have left no stone unturned in giving fans a thrilling experience. In a new interview with ScreenRant, Hardy likened Evans’ storytelling to that of Christopher Nolan and George Miller.

Hardy is well-versed in both big studio films and indies, and he’s no novice to complex storytelling, having collaborated with Nolan on Inception, Dunkirk, and more. He shared his experience of working with Evans, "I think Gareth has, whether he's aware of it or not, or he can take the compliment or not, he does have an absolute laser for a very specific thing,...

After waiting patiently for four years, Tom Hardy is all set to wreak Havoc on Netflix this Friday. While we await the arrival of the highly anticipated action thriller, which sees Hardy join forces with The Raid director Gareth Evans, the first reactions to Havoc have now emerged. And, mercifully, it sounds like the wait will have been well worth it.

We begin with critic Zachary Lee, who heaps praise on the combined efforts of Hardy and Evans, declaring Havoc “muscular filmmaking at its finest” and highlighting one action scene in particular.

#Havoc: Gareth Evans & Tom Hardy show that we’ve only nicked the surface when it comes to depicting on-screen death. Muscular filmmaking at its finest, it’s relentlessly bleak but there’s a twisted catharsis in seeing how it crescendos in brutality. Best night club fight in ages.

The praise continues courtesy of The Globe and Mail's Barry Hertz,...

While it’s been a long road for Havoc to finally come out, the new action thriller from The Raid and The Raid 2 director, Gareth Evans, is finally about to premiere on Netflix. The film stars Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker. Reactions to the movie have started to hit social media.

Rama’s Screen had a very positive reaction, saying, “Havoc was one of the craziest films I’ve seen this year. A relentless chaotic firepowered thrill ride. And Tom Hardy’s action endurance impressed the hell out of me. The shootouts & the ultra violence had no qualms about reaching the point of overkill. Absolutely insane! #Havoc”

Havoc was one of the craziest films I've seen this year. A relentless chaotic firepowered thrill ride. And Tom...

Don’t underestimate her. Netflix continues to fight the good fight for no-nonsense action movie magic, unleashing a new trailer for this month’s Taken-esque action thriller, Exterritorial. Following a former Special Forces soldier who is forced to resurrect her particular set of kills after her son mysteriously disappears inside the U.S. consulate, the action outing promises all the gritty fist fights, glorious gunplay, and political intrigue that any action movie fan could possibly want. You can check out the new trailer for Exterritorial below.

Written and directed by Christian Zübert, Exterritorial stars Jeanne Goursaud (Barbarians) as lead character and new action hero Sara, alongside Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II) in his first German-speaking role as chief of security Erik Kynch. The rest of the cast includes Lera Abova (Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin), Kayode Akinyemi (Vikings: Valhalla), Annabelle Mandeng (Unknown), Samuel Tehrani (Runny Dry), Jeremy Schuetze (Jennifer’s Body...

Tom Hardy is looking dapper on the red carpet for his new movie Havoc!

The Oscar-nominated actor stepped out for the premiere of his Netflix film on Tuesday (April 15) at the BFI IMAX Waterloo in London, England.

Also in attendance at the event were director and writer Gareth Evans, plus co-stars Luis Guzman, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, and Yeo Yann Yann.

The new movie will arrive on Netflix on April 25 and the trailer debuted last week!

Here’s a plot summary: “Walker (Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the...

We present our interviews for Netflix’s Havoc at the UK Premiere, held at the BFI IMAX. Directed by Gareth Evans, the cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

The movie premieres on Netflix on April 25th. Colin Hart and Abigail Shii were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

Havoc World Premiere Interviews

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Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with several factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, and his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy,...

If your movie’s called Havoc, you need to cause some havoc. And who better to bust skulls, blow brains, and hit hard than the combination of director Gareth Evans, and star Tom Hardy? Evans has serious form in wince-worthy action as the filmmaker behind The Raid and The Raid 2, this time swapping martial artistry for the burly physicality of Hardy – as a cop on a mission who’s about to have a seriously bad couple of days.

Evans’ long-awaited return to action cinema is just weeks away – and with the new trailer bringing fresh “oof!”s aplenty, Empire hopped on the blower with him to get a taste of the mayhem. Sorry, the havoc.

Walker, driver

The trailer begins with a shot of a flashing police light sitting on top of a cop car, and then we meet said cop: Walker, played by Tom Hardy. “He’s a morally compromised homicide detective,...

Havoc will finally been unleashed later this month, and Netflix has released a skull-crushing, washing machine-dodging full trailer for the Tom Hardy-led action thriller.

Fans of Gareth Evans' acclaimed The Raid movies have been eagerly awaiting news on his next feature, which we haven't heard much about since the filmmaker signed a multi-year deal with Netflix several years ago.

Back in 2021, we learned that Evans was set to team with Hardy for his first project for the streamer, and the first full trailer Havoc has now been released online.

According to the official synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting...

Tom Hardy has started 2025 with several high-octane projects, including the Guy Ritchie series MobLand and the upcoming Havoc, an action film that has been long in development. Now, Netflix wowed everyone with the adrenaline-pumping official trailer.

The trailer, which is merely one minute and forty seconds long, has enough action, fights, and explosions to satisfy every lover of the genre. Havoc previously teased the action in its first teaser, which was just as thrilling. The streaming service also released a new poster, which gives a look not only at Hardy's character but the rest of the high-profile cast.

The first few seconds of the trailer tease that the upcoming action film won't shy away from blood and violence, as Hardy's character, Walker, comes across a drug deal gone wrong. However, Walker's mission is more complicated as he tries to navigate through a corrupt city's criminal underworld and has to save...

Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for Gareth Evan’s high-octane action thriller starring Tom Hardy, ‘Havoc.’

Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Written and directed by Evans, the cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

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Dirigida por Gareth Evans. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el nuevo tráiler de Havoc, titulada en España Estragos, la película de acción escrita y dirigida por Gareth Evans.

Havoc sigue a Walker (Hardy), un magullado detective que lucha por abrirse camino en el submundo criminal que amenaza con hundir su ciudad. Cuando una venta de drogas se tuerce, se convierte en el principal objetivo de una banda criminal sedienta de venganza, un político corrupto y sus propios compañeros. Al intentar rescatar al hijo del político, cuya implicación en el negocio destapa una trama de corrupción y conspiración, Walker se ve obligado a enfrentarse a los fantasmas de su propio pasado.

La película está protagonizada por Tom Hardy. Le acompañan en el reparto Jessie Mei Li (Sombra y hueso), Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy), Quelin Sepúlveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Miércoles), Michelle Waterson (Noche de miedo), Sunny Pang (Headshot), Jim Caesar (Baby...

Have you ever wondered if Gareth Evans dreams of puppies and rainbows? If so, the official trailer for the filmmaker’s latest, Havoc, is here to put that question to rest. The film stars Tom Hardy as an, of course, bruised detective fighting his way through an underworld of shady types. Sound familiar? Well, given that Evan’s awesome breakout film The Raid: Redemption is considered to have significantly influenced the John Wick series, it’s difficult not to glean from Havoc’s trailer that the film is some kind of reverse pat on the back.

According to Netflix’s official synopsis accompanying the trailer, the film finds Hardy’s Walker, following a drug deal gone wrong, “with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in...

"You're not gonna get out of this city alive without my help." Wowza! Netflix has debuted the main offiical trailer for action director Gareth Evans' new movie called Havoc, ready for release streaming on Netflix on April 25th later this month. Let's go! This is his first feature since making Apostle in 2018, and it looks like it'll be entirely worth the wait. Wish it was playing in theaters! After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician's estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption & conspiracy that ensnares his entire city. Filmed in Cardiff and around South Wales - though it takes place in some US city. This high octane action thriller stars Tom Hardy as Walker, plus Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzmán, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Michelle Waterson, along with...

It’s been a long road, but Havoc will finally bring the pain to viewers. While Gareth Evans is famous for his Indonesian martial arts flicks, The Raid and The Raid 2, he says this will not be a [martial arts style] Silat showcase like those films. “It was never going to be a martial arts film,” Evans explained. “I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching… Tom [Hardy] came to us in f***ing beast mode. I tapped him on the shoulder and it was just like granite. He came fully physically prepared.“ Netflix just dropped the new trailer that shows all the mayhem.

The film stars Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

The official synopsis reads,

“Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his...

Havoc is premiering very soon!

The action-thriller directed by Gareth Evans arrives on Netflix on April 25.

Here’s a plot summary: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

Keep reading to find out more…

The cast also features Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

Watch the trailer…...

Tom Hardy is not interested in the law, only disorder, in the latest action-packed look at his long-awaited thriller, Havoc. Netflix has now unleashed new footage from the highly anticipated action outing, which sees the Mad Max: Fury Road star join forces with The Raid director Gareth Evans for what promises to be one of the best action movies of the year. You can check out the new Havoc trailer below.

Written and directed by Evans, Hardy will be joined in Havoc by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker and star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann (American Born Chinese), Quelin Sepulveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Sunny Pang (Headshot), and Michelle Waterson (Fright Night). Havoc is due to hit Netflix with a bang later this month on April...

Netflix has revealed the new trailer and poster for Havoc, the high-octane thriller debuting on the streaming service on April 25. Starring Tom Hardy, the film was written and directed by Gareth Evans.

In Havoc, Walker (Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail: a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

The cast also includes Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, and Xelia Mendes-Jones, with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

Tom Hardy unleashes beast mode in the latest look at his and The Raid director Gareth Evans’ upcoming action thriller, Havoc. Courtesy of a new trailer released in China, we can now let some more gritty action wonder invade our eyeballs as Hardy wages a one-man war that promises to be nothing less than a modern action movie classic. Following multiple delays, audiences don’t have too much longer to wait for the arrival of Havoc, which is due to hit Netflix on April 25, 2025.

Written and directed by Evans, Hardy will be joined in this action-packed adventure by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker and star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann (American Born Chinese), Quelin Sepulveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Sunny Pang (Headshot), and Michelle Waterson (Fright Night...

After waiting several years for its arrival, the action movie majesty of Havoc, which sees The Raid director Gareth Evans join forces with Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy for this Netflix thriller, is almost upon us. And it certainly sounds like it could boast not just one of Hardy’s best performances, but Havoc has the potential to be one of the best action movies of all time, with Evans promising that the actor is in “f*cking beast mode.”

Speaking with Empire, who have also revealed a new image from Havoc which you can check out below, Evans teased how Havoc will differ from his previous action masterpieces The Raid and The Raid 2. Havoc will involve far more gunplay, and a little less martial arts, than Evans’ previous works, with Hardy at the center as an unstoppable, granite-built action hero.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film. I wanted...

Gareth Evans’ Havoc has been a long time coming, but the gritty action flick is finally set to be released next month on Netflix. As a massive fan of The Raid and The Raid 2, I’m hugely excited to see what Evans has up his sleeve this time. The director told Empire that Havoc marks a shift from martial arts action to gritty gunplay and that Tom Hardy was more than up for the challenge.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film,” Evans explained. “I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching… Tom came to us in f***ing beast mode. I tapped him on the shoulder and it was just like granite. He came fully physically prepared.“

Related Tom Hardy brings the pain in the teaser trailer for Gareth Evans’ Havoc

Hardy plays Walker, a “bruised detective fighting his way through...

Dirigida por Gareth Evans. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de Havoc, titulada en España Estragos, la película de acción escrita y dirigida por Gareth Evans.

Havoc sigue a Walker (Hardy), un magullado detective que lucha por abrirse camino en el submundo criminal que amenaza con hundir su ciudad. Cuando una venta de drogas se tuerce, se convierte en el principal objetivo de una banda criminal sedienta de venganza, un político corrupto y sus propios compañeros. Al intentar rescatar al hijo del político, cuya implicación en el negocio destapa una trama de corrupción y conspiración, Walker se ve obligado a enfrentarse a los fantasmas de su propio pasado.

La película está protagonizada por Tom Hardy. Le acompañan en el reparto Jessie Mei Li (Sombra y hueso), Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy), Quelin Sepúlveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Miércoles), Michelle Waterson (Noche de miedo), Sunny Pang (Headshot), Jim Caesar...

Tom Hardy is going through it in the first teaser trailer for his upcoming movie Havoc!

The 47-year-old actor not only stars in the Netflix action thriller, but he also serves as a producer.

Keep reading to find out more…

Here’s a synopsis: Walker (Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Also starring in the movie are Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang,...

Havoc has finally been unleashed!

Fans of Gareth Evans' acclaimed The Raid movies have been eagerly awaiting news on his next feature, which we haven't heard much about since the filmmaker signed a multi-year deal with Netflix several years ago.

Back in 2021, we learned that Evans was set to team with Tom Hardy for his first project for the streamer, and the first trailer for action thriller Havoc has now been released online.

According to the official synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a...

“Havoc” is finally here. Almost.

The underworld thriller starring Tom Hardy was announced back in 2021 and it arrives on Netflix on April 25. And now you can watch the brand-new, bone-crunching teaser below.

“Havoc” hails from writer/director Gareth Evans, who wrote and directed modern action classics “The Raid” and “The Raid 2.” His last film was the underrated 2018 Netflix folk horror film “Apostle,” starring Dan Stevens as a man searching for his missing sister on an island gripped by a strange cult. He also co-created “Gangs of London,” the cult series based on the PlayStation game.

The official logline for “Havoc” reads: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

Netflix has debuted the official trailer for the Tom Hardy-led high-octane action thriller ‘Havoc.’

Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with several factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, and his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Directed by Gareth Evans, the cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

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The movie premieres on Netflix on April 25th.

It’s been nearly five years since it was first announced that Tom Hardy would star in Havoc, a new action thriller from The Raid director Gareth Evans. The film has certainly been a long time coming, but it will finally be released on Netflix this April. The streamer has released the new hard-hitting trailer that showcases Evans’ signature chaotic style that helped made his Raid movies a big staple of the action movie genre.

The cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

The official synopsis reads,

“Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate,...

Tom Hardy is returning to the action genre for Havoc. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming action movie from The Raid director Gareth Evans.

Havoc marks Evans' first directorial feature since 2018 when he helmed the gothic horror movie Apostle. The filmmaker is best known for directing the 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid, which critics have called one of the best action movies of the decade. He also directed the 2014 sequel The Raid 2. In Havoc, Hardy plays a bruised detective named Walker, who must fight his way through a criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city to rescue a politician's estranged son. Check out the teaser trailer and poster for Havoc below.

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With the Netflix March 2025 titles now revealed, it’s time to move on to April, and first up we’ve got the action thriller Havoc. Havoc is a high-octane thriller written and directed by Gareth Evans.

In the film, Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

In addition to Tom Hardy, the cast includes Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar and Xelia Mendes-Jones,...

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Venom star Tom Hardy smashes his way onto Netflix in the adrenaline-fueled first trailer for the long-awaited action thriller, Havoc. Directed by Gareth Evans, who has proven his unmatched affinity for the action genre with the likes of The Raid and The Raid 2, as well as the crime series Gangs of London, Havoc finds Hardy charging his way into the criminal underworld as a world-weary detective on the hunt for a politician’s estranged son.

Written and directed by Evans, Hardy will be joined in this action-packed adventure by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker and star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Sunny Pang, and Michelle Waterson. You can check out the newly released trailer and the official synopsis for Havoc below.

After a drug deal gone wrong,...

After beginning production way back in 2021, The Raid director Gareth Evans’ action thriller Havoc will finally see the light of day. Led by Tom Hardy in his first straight-up action movie since Mad Max: Fury Road, Netflix has now released the first brief trailer ahead of an April 25 release.

Here’s the synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

See the first trailer below for the film also starring Jessie Mei Li,...

Tom Hardy is back in action — literally. The “Venom” star leads Gareth Evans’ highly-anticipated Netflix action-thriller, “Havoc.” Hardy plays Walker, a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld that is threatening to engulf an entire city.

The film’s official synopsis reads: “In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail: a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

“The Raid” filmmaker Evans writes and directs the film, which co-stars Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker. Evans also produces along with Hardy,...

The director behind the acclaimed action movie saga The Raid and The Raid 2, Gareth Evans, has now said exactly what fans want to hear about his upcoming collaboration with Tom Hardy. Havoc, which, after years of waiting, is now set to hit Netflix later this year, has now been described as a “love letter to the heroic bloodshed genre” by the filmmaker. Does he really need to say anything else?

Discussing the long-awaited action thriller at the recent Next on Netflix showcase (via What’s on Netflix), Evans offered some insight into Hardy’s character (“a corrupt American detective on a relentless mission to rescue a mayoral candidate’s son from the criminal underworld in Chinatown”), and revealed that, much like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and Carry-On before it, Havoc is a Christmas action movie.

Set over two nights during the festive season, Evans did joke that “It’s not really a Christmas movie,...

Great action movies come to those who wait, and our patience has finally paid off as, after four years, Tom Hardy and The Raid director Gareth Evans’ Netflix thriller Havoc is all set to land on the streamer later this year. Recent rumors claimed that the action outing would be a lengthy 2 hours and 30 minutes long. However, during yesterday’s “Next on Netflix” event, Evans revealed the real runtime. And while it's considerably shorter, this may, in fact, be a good thing.

Responding to the rumors, the filmmaker revealed that, rather than a sprawling action epic, Havoc will instead be a much tighter, fast-paced fist to the face, and clocks in at “a tight as a drum” 1 hour and 45 minutes. Which, rather than spending time on a lot of chatter, should mean that Hardy and Evans will hit the ground running when Havoc lands on Netflix in the spring. Check...

We finally know when (roughly) Venom star and Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy will smash his way onto Netflix in the adrenaline-fueled first trailer for the long-awaited action thriller, Havoc. Directed by Gareth Evans, who has proven his unmatched affinity for the action genre with the likes of The Raid and The Raid 2, as well as the crime series Gangs of London, Havoc finds Hardy charging his way into the criminal underworld as a world-weary detective on the hunt for a politician’s estranged son.

After waiting several years, Netflix has at last revealed that the action movie is ready to go and “will premiere this spring” on the streaming platform. The exciting revelation comes courtesy of Variety and their report into what Netflix has on offer in 2025, including updates on Knives Out 3, Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein, and The Old Guard 2.

Written and directed by Gareth Evans, Tom Hardy will...

We have now reached year four of waiting for Tom Hardy to join forces with the director behind The Raid, Gareth Evans, for the Netflix action movie Havoc. But this latest update certainly suggests that it will have been worth the wait. While we have known the plot and the cast for some time, action fans have had to wait patiently for any other information or updates, with this new insight potentially revealing the long-awaited thriller’s epic runtime.

According to World of Reel, various outlets, including IMDb Pro, now have Havoc listed with a runtime of 2 hours 30 minutes, matching Evans’ 2014 martial arts epic The Raid 2. If this is accurate, it should give Hardy and Evans plenty of time to deliver what promises to be a modern classic of the genre as the Oscar-nominee and Venom star takes to the streets as a “bruised detective” who finds himself entering...

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Netflix has debuted a set of first-look images from Gareth Evans’ ‘Havoc’ starring Tom Hardy.

After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unravelling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.

Written and directed by Gareth Evans, the cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, with Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

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After three years of waiting patiently, we finally have our first official look at Tom Hardy and The Raid director Gareth Evans long-awaited Netflix action movie, Havoc. Hardy will be joined on this explosive adventure by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and the star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Xelia Mendes-Jones, Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmn, Sunny Pang, and Michelle Waterson. Now, in a new interview with Empire (who also reveal the first look at the highly anticipated action movie which you can chekc out below), Evans promises that Havoc will be the worth the wait.

Its had a profound effect on the film. It allowed me to better streamline it, and make it what it was always intended to be, which is a blistering, fast-paced action-thriller with nods to the Hong...

You may not even be aware that Oscar nominee and Venom star Tom Hardy has already filmed an action thriller for Netflix directed by the filmmaker behind the martial arts masterpiece The Raid. If you were not aware, allow me to say that again: Tom Hardy is leading an action thriller from the director of The Raid. Titled Havoc, Hardy reportedly finished filming more than three years ago, but we still do not know when it will debut on the streaming platform.

Thankfully, we may at least now have some idea. Director Gareth Evans, who has also helmed Merantau, The Raid 2, and Apostle, took to Instagram a few months ago to reveal that Havoc will (hopefully) hit Netflix in the first quarter of 2025. See what Evans had to say about the production of the action movie below.

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