Netflix's Havoc director on how the Tom Hardy thriller is an ode to Hong Kong action films
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His new film, Havoc, stars Tom Hardy and trades the sweaty streets of Jakarta for a gritty unnamed city on the United States' east coast in the midst of a blood-soaked gang war.
Shooting the film in the UK was a gruelling process stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic, union strikes and clashing schedules.
But Havoc arrives on Netflix on April 25, with an international cast including Timothy Olyphant,
Jessie Mei Li , Sunny Pang and Yeo Yann Yann.
Speaking to the Post, Evans says Havoc is his love letter to the so-called
heroic bloodshed film genre – which came out of Hong Kong and often features police officers and criminals who are two sides of the same coin – and speaks enthusiastically about the influence of Hong Kong cinema on his style.
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