Havoc’s Rotten Tomatoes score has arrived, with critics now sharing their thoughts on the Tom Hardy action movie. Directed by Gareth Evans, who helmed bothThe Raid(2011) andThe Raid 2(2014), the Netflix action movie sees Hardy starring as Tom Walker, a detective who battles his way through the criminal underground to rescue a politician’s estranged son. Hardy is joined in theHavoccastby Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Jim Caesar, and Quelin Sepulveda, among others.
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What This Means For Havoc
The Critical Reponse Explained
There has been a great deal of anticipation forHavoc’s release. The fact that Evans directed both ofThe Raidmovies is a major reason for this, with both of those films wildly regarded as some of thebest action movies in recent memory.Havochas also been a long time coming, with filming completed back in 2021 before the movie went through reshoots and suffered various post-production-related delays.The response on Rotten Tomatoes from critics suggestsHavocmay not be on the same level asThe Raid, but there is plenty of action thrills to be had.
A common sentiment in reviews is thatHavocis fairly thin when it comes to story and characters, and really any deeper themes. Hardy’s Walker is a jaded detective who breaks the rules, which is a familiar trope. According to many reviews, the movie’s strengths lie in the action, which Hardy is said to nail. In hisHavocreviewforScreenRant, Grant Hermanns was mixed on the film, taking issue with not just the story but the action, too, which he says is bogged down by choppy editing and poor CGI, resulting in a five out of 10 score:
The problem with the movie’s action is that, for the first time in his career, Evans has passed off the majority of editing duties to someone else, while still working asHavoc’s action editor. Despite having oversight on this element, the editing is the choppiest of Evans' filmography yet, with some fights being a bit hard to follow with how much chaos is going on between cuts, and some of the choreography being undercut by that.
Our Take On Havoc’s Rotten Tomatoes Score
Hardy As A Violent Action Hero Is A Major Selling Point
ThoughScreenRant’s own review goes against the grain somewhat, at least according to this early Rotten Tomatoes score, it is reassuring thatHavocis being met with a generally positive response.Those hoping for a repeat ofThe Raidor its sequel are sure to be disappointed, but that was always a very high bar.
The Raidenjoys an 87% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes while the sequel has a an 83%.
One particularly exciting aspect ofHavocis the team-up between Hardy and Evans, with the former always a very physical performer. Even if the movie doesn’t deliver when it comes to offering up anything new in the story department,just seeing Hardy as a rougher and more gritty John Wick-style action hero could certainly make for a fun movie experience. It’s unclear how general viewers will respond toHavoc, but the film has evidently gotten off to a decent enough start.
