In the modern action movie canon, Gareth Evans' "The Raid" and "The Raid 2" are seminal works. They helped put the Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat on the world map, and established Evans as an ...

Even before the "John Wick" movies stepped up to revitalize a flagging action genre that was increasingly inundated with CGI set pieces, director Gareth Evans was over in Indonesia crafting some of ...

"Havoc" has been my most anticipated action-thriller of 2025. But after watching it, I have some regrets about hyping it up so much. Not because it's a bad movie ... of a local crime outfit ...

There’s plenty of viscera before Havoc really pops off at the club, but that’s the point where Evans fully recommits to making a gonzo action movie, not just a crime programmer with some extra ...