Havoc

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Despite the countless killings, fights, and bloodshed, none of the violence feels gratuitous-it's all deeply embedded in the story.

Unsurprising but still very impressive, the fight choreography is a thrill to watch.

Havoc is a visceral, powder keg of a film whose emotional gut punches hit as hard as its action.

Havoc has all the ingredients of a great action thriller, but they never quite come together. With a more focused narrative, stronger character development, and a little less mindless action, it could have been something memorable.

I don't know what Havoc was trying to accomplish but I know it didn't work.

This mix of The Raid meets John Wick rarely works.

There's no way to call "Havoc" a good movie, but as bad movies go, this is a good one. Depending on your mood, its variety of craziness could be what you're looking for.

It's too easy to drift away from Havoc, which is convoluted without being complex and busy without being interesting.

Tom Hardy joins forces with The Raid director Gareth Evans for a bloody action movie that should maybe been a little better, given their respective filmographies. Not that this Netflix crime thriller fails to deliver in the adrenaline department.

The cheesy screenplay, shallow characters and wince-worthy acting suggest that Evans might be better suited to specializing in the second unit or action sequences on a major franchise, rather than writing and directing a quasi-dramatic feature.

Rote as Evans' plot might be, and wasteful as its treatment of certain characters definitely is, he has a well-developed ear for ice-cold gangster speak, and he isn't afraid to make people pay a steep price for their penance.

Though the characters in "Havoc" are forgettable, the carnage is gripping.

If the rest of it had been as driven by such a ferocious sense of purpose as its final act, Havoc would be one of the finest action movies of the decade so far.

Even in a genre that's long indulged in excessiveness, this is the ruthless over-the-top carnage aficionados covet.