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Spring has officially sprung, and the natural world is slowly waking up after a chilly winter hibernation. The season is associated with rebirth and regrowth, themes well-suited to horror.

This week’s ‘Stay Home, Watch Horror’ streaming picks are dedicated to springtime horror movies that capture the essence of the season, whether through more modern celebrations of spring break or spring’s ancient pagan roots. Here’s where to stream them this week.

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Apostle – Netflix

Writer/Director Gareth Evans brings every bit of the bone-crunching brutality of The Raid and The Raid 2 to his period folk horror film. The Guest’s Dan Stevens stars as Thomas, a man who travels to a remote island in 1905 to infiltrate the cult that’s kidnapped his sister for ransom. The cult leaders claim that the barren island was made fertile through blood sacrifice,...

This month brings bad news for action, Tom Hardy, and Mad Max fans, and it’s all thanks to Netflix. Beginning back in 1979 and starring the now controversial Hollywood icon (and “Special Ambassador”) Mel Gibson as the titular “Mad” Max Rockatansky, Oscar-nominee and Venom star Tom Hardy took over the lead role in the critically acclaimed 2015 sequel, Mad Max: Fury Road.

While the Mad Max movie has now sparked a spin-off in last year’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, fans don’t have long to once again bask in the high-speed action delight of the Fury Road, as the Tom Hardy-led sequel is all set to leave Netflix on March 30, 2025. Mad Max: Fury Road was co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller, and sees Hardy take over from Gibson as the post-apocalyptic survivor and road warrior "Mad Max" Rockatansky, joining forces with Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa. Mad Max: Fury Road...

John Wick star, and still the most underrated action icon fighting the good fight, Scott Adkins will bring his particular set of skills to World War II later this year. Adkins, who is well-known to action fans thanks to his roles in the likes of the Undisputed franchise, Accident Man, Avengement, and One Shot, has finally seen his star rise thanks to his scene-stealing part as Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table, in John Wick: Chapter 4. Now, he’s fighting for his life as a prisoner of war.

New details have now emerged about the project, with the war action thriller changing its title from Death March to Prisoner of War. The movie was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA at the end of last year, with Prisoner of War having now been given a September release window (via Action-Flix).

Directed by Louis Mandylor, who previously...

Now that we know the Jason Statham action sequel The Beekeeper 2 is officially happening, genre fans are buzzing and have found the perfect martial arts icon to join The Stath in the highly anticipated follow-up. Taking to social media, Statham fans are pleading with The Beekeeper 2 director Timo Tjahjanto to add The Raid star Iko Uwais to proceedings, with X/Twitter user @Dedikur21 kicking things off by saying, “I beg you work with Iko Uwais again and cast him in Beekeeper 2. Make a proper round 2 for this two.”

Jason Statham and Iko Uwais have shared the screen, and exchanged punches, before in 2023’s Expend4bles. Sadly, while both actors committed to kicking each other to death, both the movie and the fight scene were ultimately a disappointment. Following his star rising thanks to his role in The Raid and The Raid 2, Hollywood has struggled to give Iko Uwais...

Havoc director Gareth Evans recently opened up about the fight sequences in his upcoming Netflix movie, which will be led by Oscar nominee Tom Hardy. Evans first gained global recognition for his incredible work in the 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid.

During a recent interview with Empire, Evans confirmed that Havoc won’t be like his previous action movies, such as 2009's Merantau and the popular The Raid franchise, where the action sequences heavily featured martial-arts fights. Instead, the movie would feature more gunplay. "It was never going to be a martial-arts film," he said. "I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching." Evans also hyped up Hardy's performance, teasing that the viewers would get to see the Mad Max: Fury Road actor deliver brutal and intense fight sequences.

"Tom came to us in f***ing beast mode," Evans explained. "I tapped him on the shoulder,...

When there aren’t Avengers to save you, who you do call on in world-ending circumstances? You plump for the members of Thunderbolts*, with a ragtag bunch of anti-heroes and former villains teaming up in search of a bigger purpose. The new issue of Empire gets the inside story on the MCU’s most unexpected movie yet – and you can find it on newsstands from Thursday 13 March.

Before it hits the shelves, here’s a sneak peek inside the issue.

Thunderbolts*

Get ready for a very different kind of Marvel team-up. Empire goes on set of Thunderbolts*, speaking to the likes of Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, director Jake Schreier – and many more – about the misfits and misanthropes tasked with saving the world.

The Last Of Us: Season 2

Bring on the tears and the terror – The Last Of Us returns for Season 2, bigger and bleaker than before. Empire goes...

After waiting several years for its arrival, the action movie majesty of Havoc, which sees The Raid director Gareth Evans join forces with Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy for this Netflix thriller, is almost upon us. And it certainly sounds like it could boast not just one of Hardy’s best performances, but Havoc has the potential to be one of the best action movies of all time, with Evans promising that the actor is in “f*cking beast mode.”

Speaking with Empire, who have also revealed a new image from Havoc which you can check out below, Evans teased how Havoc will differ from his previous action masterpieces The Raid and The Raid 2. Havoc will involve far more gunplay, and a little less martial arts, than Evans’ previous works, with Hardy at the center as an unstoppable, granite-built action hero.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film. I wanted...

Gareth Evans’ Havoc has been a long time coming, but the gritty action flick is finally set to be released next month on Netflix. As a massive fan of The Raid and The Raid 2, I’m hugely excited to see what Evans has up his sleeve this time. The director told Empire that Havoc marks a shift from martial arts action to gritty gunplay and that Tom Hardy was more than up for the challenge.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film,” Evans explained. “I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching… Tom came to us in f***ing beast mode. I tapped him on the shoulder and it was just like granite. He came fully physically prepared.“

Related Tom Hardy brings the pain in the teaser trailer for Gareth Evans’ Havoc

Hardy plays Walker, a “bruised detective fighting his way through...

Havocwriter and director Gareth Evans explains how his upcoming Netflix action movie features Tom Hardy in "f*cking beast mode." Known for directing action movies like The Raid: Redemption (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), Evans' new movie follows Hardy's Walker, a detective who must fight his way through the criminal underworld to rescue a kidnapped politician's son. In addition to Hardy, the Havoc cast features Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, and Luiz Guzmán, with the initial teaser trailer promising that the film will be a violent ride for audiences.

In a recent interview with Empire ahead of the Havoc release on Netflix on April 25, Evans previews some of what's to come from the film. The movie will mark a subtle shift away from something like The Raid 2 in the sense that Evans says, “It was never going to be a martial-arts film." Instead, he explains, "I wanted this to feel like...

Gareth Evans is undeniably one of the greatest action directors working today. And now, over a decade after he delivered The Raid 2, he’s back with his first action movie since that head-exploding sequel. Make way for Havoc, a bruising crime thriller packed with wince-worthy action – this time with Tom Hardy in the leading role. And where The Raid and its follow-up leaned into the martial arts prowess of Evans’ regular collaborator Iko Uwais, the brawls in Havoc are tailored to Hardy’s hulking physique.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film,” Evans tells Empire, speaking to a subtle shift in action sub-genres. “I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching.” You’ll see Hardy blasting a shotgun above, but Havoc also makes use of the A-lister’s sheer heft. “Tom came to us in fucking beast mode,” says Evans. “I tapped...

Firstly, a pedantic note: while that phrase makes for a nice bit of cinematic wordplay, this film really should be called ‘Fight On Flight’. Because this is a plot with a joyfully silly high-concept premise, which essentially allows for 90 minutes of brawling at 30,000 feet. The film begins, as if to emphasise this point, with a frantic montage of airborne violence: a meal trolley shoved into someone’s crotch, an Uzi disarmed by a dropkick, and a chainsaw merrily thrown into Economy class. And that’s in the first two minutes.

Then we flash back to 12 hours earlier. Some sort of shady quasi-governmental organisation is tracking a “blackhat terrorist” known only as The Ghost. He is, we’re told in mile-a-minute exposition, an über-hacker, who has crashed the Gdp of multiple countries and “destroyed Yemen’s oil reserves”. This mysterious organisation tracking The Ghost — whose true nature is only revealed late...

Netflix has officially released the teaser for its upcoming action-packed crime thriller, Havoc, starring Tom Hardy in a gripping and intense role. Directed by Gareth Evans, the mastermind behind The Raid series, Havoc promises a thrilling ride through a city plagued by crime, corruption, and personal vengeance. The teaser offers a glimpse into the dark and chaotic world Hardy’s character must navigate, setting the stage for one of the most highly anticipated action films of the year.

Tom Hardy as a Gritty and Relentless Detective

In Havoc, Tom Hardy takes on the role of Walker, a seasoned detective who is drawn into a web of crime after a drug deal spirals out of control. Assigned to rescue the estranged son of a prominent politician, Walker finds himself up against ruthless criminals, deep-seated corruption, and a system designed to work against him. The film follows his brutal journey through the city’s underworld,...

John Wick star and underrated action icon Scott Adkins goes head-to-head with Titanic and The Phantom star Billy Zane and The Vampire Diaries’ Zach Roerig in the upcoming action western, Day of Reckoning. Adkins, best-recognized for his role as Killa in John Wick: Chapter 4, as well as Accident Man and the Undisputed franchise, breaks bad as the leader of a biker gang, with Zane starring as “bullish” U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden and Roerig as “put-upon lawman” John Dorsey. You can check out the action-packed trailer for Day of Reckoning, which crushes together western aesthetics with action movie flair to create the perfect genre-spliced fist, below.

Directed by Shaun Silva and written by Travis J. Opgenorth, Day of Reckoning stars Cara Jade Myers, country singer and actor Trace Adkins, and Travis Hammer alongside Adkins, Zane, and Roerig. Set for a limited release in theaters in the United States on March...

Tom Hardy is on the hunt for a politician’s missing son in the trailer for the Netflix movie Havoc.

Writer-director Gareth Evans’ feature is set to begin streaming on April 25. Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li and Luis Guzmán round out the cast.

Havoc centers on Walker (Hardy), a jaded detective forced to confront his past mistakes after he sets out to find a politician’s estranged son who disappeared following a botched drug deal.

The trailer shows Hardy butting heads with authority figures, including one played by Whitaker. “And don’t forget, I know what you did,” Whitaker says ominously in the footage. This leads Hardy to reply, “You have no idea what I did.”

Evans helmed the film from his own script. Hardy, Evans, Ed Talfan and Aram Tertzakian serve as producers.

Hardy led the 2024 features The Bikeriders, which also stars Austin Butler and Jodie Comer,...

“Havoc” is a new live-action crime thriller, directed by Gareth Evans (“The Raid”), starring Tom Hardy (“Venom”) and Jessie Mei Li, streaming April 25, 2025 on Netflix:

“…’Walker’ (Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

“In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

“When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past..”

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Havoc has finally been unleashed!

Fans of Gareth Evans' acclaimed The Raid movies have been eagerly awaiting news on his next feature, which we haven't heard much about since the filmmaker signed a multi-year deal with Netflix several years ago.

Back in 2021, we learned that Evans was set to team with Tom Hardy for his first project for the streamer, and the first trailer for action thriller Havoc has now been released online.

According to the official synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a...

“Havoc” is finally here. Almost.

The underworld thriller starring Tom Hardy was announced back in 2021 and it arrives on Netflix on April 25. And now you can watch the brand-new, bone-crunching teaser below.

“Havoc” hails from writer/director Gareth Evans, who wrote and directed modern action classics “The Raid” and “The Raid 2.” His last film was the underrated 2018 Netflix folk horror film “Apostle,” starring Dan Stevens as a man searching for his missing sister on an island gripped by a strange cult. He also co-created “Gangs of London,” the cult series based on the PlayStation game.

The official logline for “Havoc” reads: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

It’s been nearly five years since it was first announced that Tom Hardy would star in Havoc, a new action thriller from The Raid director Gareth Evans. The film has certainly been a long time coming, but it will finally be released on Netflix this April. The streamer has released the new hard-hitting trailer that showcases Evans’ signature chaotic style that helped made his Raid movies a big staple of the action movie genre.

The cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

The official synopsis reads,

“Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate,...

Tom Hardy is returning to the action genre for Havoc. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming action movie from The Raid director Gareth Evans.

Havoc marks Evans' first directorial feature since 2018 when he helmed the gothic horror movie Apostle. The filmmaker is best known for directing the 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid, which critics have called one of the best action movies of the decade. He also directed the 2014 sequel The Raid 2. In Havoc, Hardy plays a bruised detective named Walker, who must fight his way through a criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city to rescue a politician's estranged son. Check out the teaser trailer and poster for Havoc below.

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Tom Hardyis heading for our screens sooner than we think in his latest action-packed thrill ride, Havoc. Netflix has just announced that the pulse-pounding thriller from The Raid mastermind Gareth Evans, set to debut on April 25, meaning we don't have too much longer to wait for Hardy's first movie role since he said goodbye to his symbiotic soul mate in Venom: The Last Dance, and this one looks like it's going to pack a punch.

With the Netflix March 2025 titles now revealed, it’s time to move on to April, and first up we’ve got the action thriller Havoc. Havoc is a high-octane thriller written and directed by Gareth Evans.

In the film, Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

In addition to Tom Hardy, the cast includes Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar and Xelia Mendes-Jones,...

After several delays, The Raid director Gareth Evans’ action thriller Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, is finally set to hit Netflix in April.

We’ve been waiting for Gareth Evans’ Havoc for a long time. Originally announced and filmed in 2021 only to face several delays, Havoc is finally heading to our screens in just a couple of months.

Netflix has officially set Havoc to be released on the streaming service on 25th April. The film at one point was supposed to be released in 2024 after undergoing some reshoots, but ended up being pushed back once more. Hopefully, the wait is finally over.

Netflix has released a short, action-packed teaser trailer to go with the date announcement. Take a look below.

The film’s cast includes Tom Hardy as a world-weary detective, supported by Jessie Mei Li, Luis Guzmán, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker. Evans, who previously directed The Raid (2011) and its...

Venom star Tom Hardy smashes his way onto Netflix in the adrenaline-fueled first trailer for the long-awaited action thriller, Havoc. Directed by Gareth Evans, who has proven his unmatched affinity for the action genre with the likes of The Raid and The Raid 2, as well as the crime series Gangs of London, Havoc finds Hardy charging his way into the criminal underworld as a world-weary detective on the hunt for a politician’s estranged son.

Written and directed by Evans, Hardy will be joined in this action-packed adventure by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker and star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Sunny Pang, and Michelle Waterson. You can check out the newly released trailer and the official synopsis for Havoc below.

After a drug deal gone wrong,...

After beginning production way back in 2021, The Raid director Gareth Evans’ action thriller Havoc will finally see the light of day. Led by Tom Hardy in his first straight-up action movie since Mad Max: Fury Road, Netflix has now released the first brief trailer ahead of an April 25 release.

Here’s the synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

See the first trailer below for the film also starring Jessie Mei Li,...

It’s been a hot minute since we’ve had a movie from action filmmaker Gareth Evans, who gave us two bone-breaking installments in “The Raid” saga and is reuniting with Netflix for his latest effort “Havoc” after working with them on the 2018 gothic folk horror film, “Apostle.” There is now a first-look trailer for the film that stars British actor Tom Hardy (“The Bikeriders”) in his role as Walker, a disillusioned detective who has to wade into the waters of the criminal drug underworld that lead to some unsettling and dangerous events.

Continue reading ‘Havoc’ Trailer: Tom Hardy & Gareth Evans Team-Up For Netflix’s High-Octane Action Thriller On April 25 at The Playlist.

Buckle up, everyone: Gareth Evans is back in action. Literally. After the gore-strewn one-two punch of The Raid and The Raid 2 – a duology which quite literally reshaped the action movie genre as we know it – the director moved on to gnarly folk horror (Apostle) and small-screen crime sagas (Gangs Of London Season 1). But with his long-awaited Havoc, he’s back in movie mode for the first time since 2017 – and plunging back into the all-out action with which he made his name. And this time, he has a mega A-list star leading the way in the shape of Tom Hardy. The results promise to be thrilling and bruising in equal measure – and the first teaser has arrived, offering a glimpse of the… well, havoc to come.

Boom. This is just a brief look for now, but the combination of Evans and Hardy seems to be as no-holds-barred as you’d hope.

Picture: Empire Online / Netflix

Havoc is the long-awaited crime drama starring Tom Hardy. Directed and written by Gareth Evans, the movie has been coming for a long time but will finally hit our screens in early 2025. Here’s everything we know about the action thriller as of late 2024, including all the first looks, the first trailer, and the all-important release date.

Gareth Evans is best known for his Indonesian martial arts films, The Raid, The Raid 2, and Merantau, through which he brought the Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat into world cinema. The Welsh native is also known for creating and directing Sky Atlantic’s critically acclaimed series Gangs of London, which stars Joe Cole (Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders) and Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones).

Gareth Evans on the set of Gangs of London

Havoc was first announced publicly in early 2021 when it was also revealed that he was...

Tom Hardy is back in action — literally. The “Venom” star leads Gareth Evans’ highly-anticipated Netflix action-thriller, “Havoc.” Hardy plays Walker, a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld that is threatening to engulf an entire city.

The film’s official synopsis reads: “In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail: a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

“The Raid” filmmaker Evans writes and directs the film, which co-stars Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker. Evans also produces along with Hardy,...

Tom Hardy is no stranger to playing gritty roles in TV and film, taking on historical figures and criminals in period pieces, as well as iconic villains. Now the Oscar-nominated actor will star in the upcoming action-thriller Havoc.

The high-octane film follows Walker (played by Hardy), a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his city. After a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with several factions on his tail, including a vengeful crime syndicate and a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

While attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, Walker is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Havoc is written and directed by Gareth Evans, who also produces alongside Hardy, Ed Talfan, and Aram Tertzakian.

Before Hardy...

Tom Hardy and "crime" are two movie tags that fit together perfectly. Across his increasingly impressive career, Hardy has starred in a multitude of crime dramas, including Peaky Blinders, Legend, Bronson, RocknRolla, and even Inception. One of his most recent crime flicks took Hardy back to the 1960s as the founder of an up-and-coming biker club in Chicago. That film is Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders, and it's currently a massive hit on streaming,

At the time of writing, The Bikeriders is the most popular movie on Max this week. Alongside Hardy, the film also stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook, and Norman Reedus, and was based on the real The Bikeriders photography book by Danny Lyon (who is played by Faist in the film). The Bikeriders followed the Vandals (based on the real Outlaws Motorcycle Club) from their humble beginnings as a group of petrol heads to a full-on gang.

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The following contains spoilers for Old Guy, debuting in select theaters and on digital Feb. 21, 2025.

There's an inherent charm to action movies that makes even a premise done dozens of times stand out. Die Hard and The Raid both follow one police officer trapped in a location with numerous enemies. However, the former is far more charismatic. The same could be said for the hitman subgenre and Old Guy. The movie stars Christoph Waltz as the aging killer Danny Dolinski, who trains a skilled but reckless protegé named Whilborg (Cooper Hoffman). Working alongside his friend Anata (Lucy Liu), Danny finds there's more to life than killing, but not before fighting for his life.

Old Guy has a lot of classic hitman action coursing through its veins,...

Indonesian star Iko Uwais, beloved by international action aficionados for his brutal and balletic work in Gareth Evans’ The Raid: Redemption and later performances in the Expendables and Skyline franchises, is stepping behind the camera as a producer and director. In late January, the action hero unveiled his new namesake Jakarta-based production banner, Uwais Pictures. Gersh is shopping the startup outfit’s first pair of action vehicles, both fully shot and nearly finished, to international buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market this week.

Since exploding onto the scene in the early 2010s with his fully formed silat martial arts mastery, Uwais has gone on to appear in productions across the world, including Snake Eyes, Stuber, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Netflix series Wu Assassins, for which he also served as lead fight choreographer and executive producer.

Uwais Pictures’ starting slate features the action star’s directorial debut,...

Has Hollywood reached peak AI paranoia? This awards season, before Karla Sofía Gascón’s posts on X (formerly Twitter) about George Floyd and Islam became the focus of consternation, the Oscar uproar was centered on the use of artificial intelligence in the tweaking of voice performances in Emilia Pérez — for Gascón’s singing — and in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, to improve the pronunciation of Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian-language dialog.

The virulence of the backlash against such minor and technical applications of AI — used, in both cases, with the full participation and approval of the artists involved — illustrates the widespread perception, inside the film industry and among the general public, that AI is a threat to jobs and to artistic integrity. An AI zero-tolerance policy has become fashionable for celebrities, with the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Glenn Close and Hank Azaria raising the alarm. Distributors have taken...

When The Accountant hit theatres in 2016, most expected it to be just another action thriller, but what set the movie apart was the protagonist and the combat sequences. Christian Wolf, played by Ben Affleck, is portrayed as a high-functioning autistic accountant who works for a criminal organization while moonlighting as a lethal enforcer. Adding to the film’s appeal was Jon Bernthal who essayed Brax, Wolff’s estranged brother.

Ben Affleck in The Accountant | Warner Bros. Pictures

Now nearly after a decade, The Accountant 2 is finally happening, and fans are more than eager to see the duo return. But will the movie hold on to the elements that made it stand out, like the epic martial arts style?

Pencak Silat: The martial art style that elevated The Accountant and John Wick: Chapter 3 Ben Affleck in The Accountant | Warner Bros. Pictures

One of the most impressive things about The Accountant...

Timo Tjahjanto, the director behind one of the biggest and best action movie hits on Netflix last year, The Shadow Strays, will reportedly reunite with action icon and The Night Comes for Us star Iko Uwais for the perfect new project. According to a now suspiciously removed report from THR, Tjahjanto and The Raid’s Iko Uwais will reunite for an adaptation of the neo-noir cyberpunk RPG Neon Blood, with the pitch for the movie promising “a bone-crunching kick to the face.” For action fans, this kick can’t land quickly enough.

This exciting information was revealed by X/Twitter user One Perfect HEADshot, who later stated that “Ok, The Hollywood Reporter have apparently removed all mentions of the film from their article now. Still can see this blurb on Google search.” It’s possible that the listing, which came as part of this year’s European Film Market, was...

Big names, high concepts, and crowd-pleasing thrills are the order of the day at this year’s European Film Market, where commercial fare is dominating over the usual arthouse prestige plays, reflecting an industry uncertain of the future of the theatrical business in the post-covid world. Action, horror, and comedy are leading the charge, with star-driven projects like Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog (Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike), Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, A$AP Rocky), and Ernest Dickerson’s untitled hitman thriller (Samuel L. Jackson, Daveed Diggs) among the titles generating early buzz.

Genre filmmakers are also stepping up in a big way, with The Raid’s Iko Uwais launching a new production/sales outfit in Berlin for his brand of martial-arts madness, and horror entries like Bad Boy — starring Ke Huy Quan and Lili Reinhart — and the body-horror thriller...

Is this Matthew McConaughey–Paul Greengrass reunion the buzziest project at Berlin’s EFM so far? It very well might be.

Deadline reports that the actor and director will reunite for “The Rage,” which FilmNation has ready for the European Film Market.

Continue reading ‘The Raid’: Paul Greengrass’ English Peasants’ Revolt Project Gets A Name Change, New Leading Man In Matthew McConaughey at The Playlist.

Netflix continues to bring audiences action movie delights from all over the globe, with the new trailer for Counterstrike (Aka Contraataque), helmed by Mexican filmmaker Chava Cartas, promising to deliver all the explosions a fan of the genre could possibly want. The footage reveals our first look at the action thriller, which boasts a gripping synopsis, as a group five friends find themselves doing battle with a merciless cartel. You can check out the trailer for Counterstrike below.

Directed by Chava Cartas, best known for the action seriesRosario Tijeras, and written by Jose Ruben Escalante Mendez, Counterstrike stars Luis Alberti, Noé Hernández, Luis Curiel, Leonardo Alonso, David Calderón, Guillermo Nava, Israel Islas, Mayra Batalla, Ishbel Bautista, Frida Jiser and is due to hit Netflix later this month on February 28, 2025. You can check out the official synopsis for the action outing below.

“When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy,...

Fall in love with Art the Clown all over again when Damien Leone‘s record-breaking Terrifier 3 streams on Screambox February 14!

If you’re not already subscribed to the Bloody Disgusting-powered horror streaming service, this Screambox Starter Pack highlights ten terrifying titles to tide you over until Terrifier 3.

Project Wolf Hunting

Project Wolf Hunting is a hyper-violent South Korean genre bender that packs action, sci-fi, horror, and thriller aspects into a gory mashup of Con Air, The Raid, and Resident Evil. According to writer-director Kim Hong-Sun, the production went through 2.5 tons of blood — enough to make Art the Clown blush.

The high-octane gorefest is set aboard a cargo ship transporting dangerous convicts who orchestrate an escape attempt against the heavily armed guards. But the fugitives aren’t the most dangerous thing aboard the ship, as below deck there lurks a superhuman killing machine dubbed Alpha.

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Timothy Olyphant is set to join Anya Taylor-Joy in Lucky, an Apple TV+ limited series based on the bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley of the same name.

The series centers on “a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.” Olyphant will play Lucky’s father, John. Jonathan Trooper (Banshee) created the series and will serve as co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Production is expected to kick off in spring 2025. Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine banner will produce the series. In addition to starring in Lucky, Taylor-Joy will also executive produce alongside Witherspoon and Tropper.

“Hello Sunshine continues to do a fantastic job of championing women’s voices and I’m thrilled to be joining the team alongside Jonathan, Cassie and Apple TV+ to bring Lucky to life,...

Great action movies come to those who wait, and our patience has finally paid off as, after four years, Tom Hardy and The Raid director Gareth Evans’ Netflix thriller Havoc is all set to land on the streamer later this year. Recent rumors claimed that the action outing would be a lengthy 2 hours and 30 minutes long. However, during yesterday’s “Next on Netflix” event, Evans revealed the real runtime. And while it's considerably shorter, this may, in fact, be a good thing.

Responding to the rumors, the filmmaker revealed that, rather than a sprawling action epic, Havoc will instead be a much tighter, fast-paced fist to the face, and clocks in at “a tight as a drum” 1 hour and 45 minutes. Which, rather than spending time on a lot of chatter, should mean that Hardy and Evans will hit the ground running when Havoc lands on Netflix in the spring. Check...

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Mark Wahlberg has taken to the skies in an action-filled thriller that may see the actor at his most unhinged. And his performance is wonderful. While his new film, Flight Risk, may be struggling with critics, Wahlberg’s startling performance as a cheerful and twisted assassin is the film at its very best.

Flight Risk stars Mark Wahlberg as Darryl, a pilot who has been hired to fly a federal agent and her reluctant witness as he prepares to testify against a mob boss at trial. 3,000 ft in the air and against the backdrop of the Alaskan mountains, it becomes clear to Madelyn (Dockery) and Winston (Grace) that their pilot isn’t all that he seems. Viewers will already know from the trailer that Wahlberg’s Darryl is an assassin,...

We finally know when (roughly) Venom star and Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy will smash his way onto Netflix in the adrenaline-fueled first trailer for the long-awaited action thriller, Havoc. Directed by Gareth Evans, who has proven his unmatched affinity for the action genre with the likes of The Raid and The Raid 2, as well as the crime series Gangs of London, Havoc finds Hardy charging his way into the criminal underworld as a world-weary detective on the hunt for a politician’s estranged son.

After waiting several years, Netflix has at last revealed that the action movie is ready to go and “will premiere this spring” on the streaming platform. The exciting revelation comes courtesy of Variety and their report into what Netflix has on offer in 2025, including updates on Knives Out 3, Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein, and The Old Guard 2.

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We have now reached year four of waiting for Tom Hardy to join forces with the director behind The Raid, Gareth Evans, for the Netflix action movie Havoc. But this latest update certainly suggests that it will have been worth the wait. While we have known the plot and the cast for some time, action fans have had to wait patiently for any other information or updates, with this new insight potentially revealing the long-awaited thriller’s epic runtime.

According to World of Reel, various outlets, including IMDb Pro, now have Havoc listed with a runtime of 2 hours 30 minutes, matching Evans’ 2014 martial arts epic The Raid 2. If this is accurate, it should give Hardy and Evans plenty of time to deliver what promises to be a modern classic of the genre as the Oscar-nominee and Venom star takes to the streets as a “bruised detective” who finds himself entering...

Iko Uwais is one of the world's best action stars, having starred in various successful action movies like Merantau, The Raid, and The Raid: Redemption in his home country of Indonesia. On the global stage, Uwais is best known for his work in The Expendables and Skyline film franchises. Deadline reveals that Uwais has two action films set to come out in the near future under his new production company, Uwais Pictures. The outlet also revealed a new image from one of the films, Timur. The film marks Uwais' directorial debut in addition to starring in it.

The Raid star Iko Uwais is moving up from action star to director, as well as from director to studio head in one swift movement (not unlike his martial arts moves). The Indonesian martial arts star, whose style is a form called Silat, was recently seen in films like Expend4bles and will be in the upcoming Skyline: Warpath, with fellow action star Scott Adkins. Additionally, Uwais can be seen in the sci-fi thriller Ash, which stars Eiza Gonzalez and Aaron Paul, and it is due to release in March for a short theatrical release before streaming on Shudder.

Deadline has now reported that Uwais is unveiling the start of his own production company — Uwais Pictures. The launch of his production company will be emphasizing action films for its slate and the studio is already hitting the ground running with two movies ready for sale at the European Film Market in Berlin next month.

The Raid: Redemption star Iko Uwais is making action movie fans’ dreams come true today, with the genre icon and skilled martial artist not only launching his own production label, but lining up not one, but two new action movies. Best known for the blisteringly brilliant action movies The Raid and The Raid 2, as well as The Night Comes for Us, Snake Eyes, Expend4bles, and more, Iko Uwais will make his directorial debut with the action thriller Timur, in which he will also star.

As per a report by Deadline, Uwais will officially launch his production company, Uwais Pictures, “at next month’s EFM in Berlin.” The actor’s aim is to “replicate the success of modestly budgeted, local-language hits such as The Raid, The Raid: Redemption, and The Night Comes for Us,” with the company striving to incorporate “fight choreography, action design, and stunt performance from the inception of its projects.

Exclusive: International action star Iko Uwais, known for The Raid, Expendables and Skyline franchises, is officially launching his production label Uwais Pictures with two new films on sale at next month’s EFM in Berlin.

The action-focused production company he runs with his team of collaborators is expanding its remit to the global market. The aim is to replicate the success of modestly budgeted, local-language hits such as The Raid, The Raid: Redemption, and The Night Comes for Us.

First up on the slate are two completed action films: Timur, which is inspired by the 1996 Mapenduma hostage crisis, and Ikatan Darah. Both will be screened at the EFM by Uwais Pictures in collaboration with Gersh.

Indonesia-based action outfit Uwais Pictures specializes in incorporating fight choreography, action design, and stunt performance from the inception of its projects. Uwais and his team of collaborators have worked together for a number of years.

The crime drama "Power" is all about, well, power. The show follows Omari Hardwick's James St. Patrick, also known as Ghost, who lives a double life as a successful nightclub owner and influential drug dealer. James wants to go straight and leave the life of crime behind, but how can he do so when he's a notorious kingpin with so much baggage? No spoilers here, so watch the show and its spin-offs in the "Power" Universe if you haven't done so yet to find out!

It's easy to get sucked into the "Power" vortex, savor all the juicy episodes, and say, "What's next?" You could go back to the first season and rewatch it from the beginning again, but there's also another solution: Find similar series to binge. From the duality of man in "Breaking Bad" to the morally conflicted characters of "The Wire," let's take a look at...

The Action Scene explores the form, history, and visceral power of action cinema through its set pieces.Clockwise from top left: Boy Kills World, Life After Fighting, Blade of Fury, Black Storm.This past year may have been the decade’s strongest yet for action scenes. Half of the honorable mentions could’ve held their own against most main-list entries from previous years, and some of this year’s scenes rank among the best I’ve ever seen within their respective set-piece categories.The following list rounds up my fifteen favorite action scenes of 2024. As usual, I’ve limited myself to one scene per film, and to films that made their US theatrical or streaming debut in 2024. Scenes have been organized by theme to highlight patterns and enhance ease of perusal.On Home TURFTop and bottom: Fury 12 Hours.A testament to the exceptional work being done in low-budget, direct-to-streaming Chinese...