APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

YEARS IN THE MAKING, GARETH EVANS’ HAVOC IS FINALLY UPON US — AND IT’S TAKING NO PRISONERS. HERE, THE DIRECTOR TELLS US HOW HE PUT TOGETHER A BRUISING, BLOODY BONANZA

HRIS HEWITT

DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK. Gareth Evans prefers another term. “It’s been quite the hiatus for me,” he tells Empire. He’s not kidding. Since the Welsh director stabbed the last ‘i’ and shot the last ‘t’ in the face on 2014’s The Raid 2, the man who has a genuine claim on the title of the world’s greatest contemporary action director hasn’t directed much action. “My action output since then has only really been the first season of Gangs Of London [in 2020],” he says. “And that was on TV. This is the first time I’ll have done a film with action at its core for a long time.” He’s referring to HAVOC, the movie that teams him up with Tom Hardy for a bloody, balls-to-the-wall exercise in, well, havoc,…

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Empire (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2025

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