Havoc
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 25, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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12
Negative:
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The New York TimesRobert DanielsApr 24, 2025
Because what Havoc lacks in characters and story, it delivers in two audacious waves of indiscriminate killing that are so bruising and relentless they make the “John Wick” movies look like “Sesame Street.” Read full review
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IGNA.A. Dowd Apr 24, 2025
The movie leaps to life whenever the bullets start flying. It's the generic gangland stuff in between that's not up to snuff, even with Hardy lending his trusty gruffness to the haunted-cop boilerplate. Read full review
50
Film ThreatEthan PadgettMay 13, 2025
For an action film, Havoc feels aimless and lacks suspense. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 24, 2025
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. Read full review
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Slant MagazineJake ColeApr 24, 2025
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. Read full review
50
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaApr 24, 2025
By the time Havoc ended, I felt as exhausted as Hardy's beaten and bruised character. I suppose Evans and company deserve some credit for making an action movie that really leans into the brutality, but there's only so much of that you can put up with before it starts to grow tedious. Read full review
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Screen RantGrant HermannsApr 24, 2025
While it's a shame the movie around the cast doesn't quite match their efforts, it at least gives them just enough to keep Havoc from being a complete waste. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreApr 25, 2025
Evans has assembled a worthy cast and has crammed his film full of what should be fun elements, and yet the final result is weirdly without joy — akin to filling your plate with all your favorite foods at a buffet, only to sit down and realize you have no appetite to eat it. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherApr 24, 2025
Evans is a film-maker with an instinctive understanding of frame space (The Raid is a joyful camera ballet), but he seems constrained here. As a screenwriter he leaves no cliché unloved. Read full review
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VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 24, 2025
The cheesy screenplay, shallow characters and wince-worthy acting (from all but A-listers Hardy, Whitaker and Olyphant) 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. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 24, 2025
Evans certainly brings the craziness and the violence but, for me, without the stylish martial arts of his Raid films and without any plausible sense that anything is believably at stake. Read full review
40
ColliderTania HussainApr 24, 2025
Despite a top-tier cast and bone-rattling action to keep you engaged, the Netflix flick buckles under a cluttered story with chaotic execution. It’s watchable, even entertaining in bursts — but beneath all the bruises and broken bones, there’s not much else to hold onto. Read full review
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