A corrupted police officer races against time to find a politician’s estranged son, before more corrupted police officers and the Chinese mafia do.
Gritty and action-packed, yet so flawed. Writer/director Gareth Evans, the man behind epic action films, such as The Raid: Redemption (2011): https://kaygazpro.com/the-raid-redemption-2011-action-thriller/ and The Raid 2 (2014): https://kaygazpro.com/the-raid-2-2014-action-crime-thriller/ unites with Tom Hardy (Walker) and the result is not what you would expect, unfortunately. Havoc becomes the latest proof that if the script is not solid, it does not matter how solid the action is. And the action is solid. But that’s the only positive the film offers: well-directed action. That and Jessie Mei Li, who stands out with her performance.
The characters have no chemistry whatsoever, the dialogue is extremely poor, the gimmicks are countless, the hordes of people who are sent to kill Walker and the rest are worthless, the levels of improbability in most of the sequences are unfathomable… and more!
It’s a shame so much effort was put into making such a gritty action film without a solid script. There are many negatives to discuss, but I’ll stop here. Evans is an amazing director, and, hopefully, Havoc will be food for thought for him, and he’ll surprise us again pleasantly with his next film.
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