While the plot may be boilerplate, when the action kicks in, it's some of the most exhilarating action I've seen in a while.

| Original Score: B | May 15, 2025

Forest Whitaker is wonderful as Mayor Beaumont; he provides some extra life for the film.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 14, 2025

This movie has some incredibly well choreographed insane action sequences, particularly during the club scene and the cabin shootout. However, despite the caliber of the team behind it, "Havoc" is a bit of mess.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2025

Some of the choreography and camera work are more than impressive, but “Havoc” is style over substance, with a director continually shouting out “did you see what I did there?”

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 6, 2025

Gareth Evans' Havoc is much more than an action movie. Which it is, and one of the best of the year. It's also a fresh take on the genre that combines ultra-violence with experimental visuals. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: A | May 4, 2025

Revolves around gang vengeance and a dirty cop seeking redemption.

| Original Score: C | May 4, 2025

Borrowing liberally from John Woo’s heroic bloodshed films from the 1980s and 1990s, Havoc is a gritty noir set in an unnamed city so grimy that even Max Payne would consider moving out.

| May 3, 2025

Havoc is actually served by featuring a narrative that is so often muddled; everything extraneous falls by the wayside, and viewers can simply sit back and enjoy Evans’ latest wild, brutal ride.

| May 3, 2025

The story is weak, but the action is very strong. Havoc is just where it needs to be - on Netflix.

| May 3, 2025

The big centrepiece scene - which takes place in a nightclub - is an ultra-violent highlight, and the film boasts an impressively grimy texture that sets it apart from the bulk of made-for-streaming action fare.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2025

If you’re looking for blood and viscera and creative hyper-violence to fuel your adrenaline rush, the movie delivers.

| May 2, 2025

Evans may wade into deeper waters here — grappling with morality, loyalty, and personal failure — but he never loses sight of what he does best: delivering chaos with craft. A brutal reminder of why Evans remains one of action cinema’s most vital voices.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 2, 2025

...the fight choreography is unflinching and exact, the mayhem sublimely staged.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 1, 2025

Formulaic in plot, this crime drama scores only in its body count.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 1, 2025

It's just such an impenetrable wall of kineticism and noise that the actual symphonic choreography of the whole thing disappears into the din.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 1, 2025

It feels a bit different because of Gareth Evans’ choice to lean into CGI more than he ever has. But even with that in mind, Havoc will end up being one of the best action movies of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 30, 2025

Aside from the occasional flourish of mumbled menace contributed by Hardy, the real stars are the movie’s stunt choreographers, who come up with a number of hyper-ballistic ballets that can only be applauded.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 30, 2025

...a perpetually erratic yet mostly watchable endeavor...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 30, 2025

It’s a movie where you never look at your phone because you don’t want to miss the next crazy stunt Evans and his incredible crew are about to perform.

| Apr 30, 2025

The direction and pacing are good, and Evans makes up as much as he can for the bland script he gave himself to work with. And Hardy is solid throughout, mostly hitting his goal of making a character that feels somewhat grounded.

| Apr 30, 2025