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[HRK69]

After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician's estranged son, while unravelling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.

HAVOC is a high octane action thriller written and directed by Gareth Evans (The Raid, Gangs of London), and starring 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.

Coming to Netflix on April 25.

Looks solid

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night I see a high probability of that movie sucking.

 

[HRK69]

Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night I see a high probability of that movie sucking.

If bad movies take place at night, your logic must live in eternal darkness

 

[Warspite]

Its by Gareth Evans and its on Netflix, so I will give it a watch.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Where's my Raid 3?

 

[KyoZz]

Gareth Evans = must watch. And this looks good

 

[kruis]

An action movie with actors who are as agile as wooden planks....

 

[near]

Looks like mindless fun. Not in the same breath as The Raid though.

 

[YCoCg]

Looks like a mindless action fun flick.

 

[KyoZz]

Where's my Raid 3?

Unfortunately it's not happening, but there is a reboot coming by Michael Bay

And to think we almost got a Deathstroke movie by Evans... Smh fuck you WB.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

If bad movies take place at night, your logic must live in eternal darkness

Filming a visual movie (action) at night when the audience can't see $*#% is a red flag.

 

[HRK69]

Filming a visual movie (action) at night when the audience can't see $*#% is a red flag.

You can use bad words, you are on the internet

The problem isn’t filming at night. A well done night scene can add atmosphere and style, but if the audience can’t see anything, that’s just bad filmmaking

These top rated movies have good night scenes:

Collateral
Heat
John Wick
The Dark Knight
Blade Runner 2049
The Batman
No Country For Old Men
Sicario
Drive

And that’s just off the top of my head

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

You can use bad words, you are on the internet

The problem isn’t filming at night. A well-done night scene can add atmosphere and style, but if the audience can’t see anything, that’s just bad filmmaking

These have good night scenes:

Collateral
Heat
John Wick
The Dark Knight
Blade Runner 2049
The Batman
No Country For Old Men
Sicario
Drive

And that’s just off the top of my head

Of that list, how many had trailers with exclusive night shots?

Only Collateral and that was hardly an action movie. It leveraged it's night shots using atmosphere, which is much more valid than utilizing night shots to cover up shoddy action scenes.

This has major red flags.

 

[HRK69]

Of that list, how many had trailers with exclusive night shots?

Only Collateral and that was hardly an action movie. It leveraged it's night shots using atmosphere, which is much more valid than utilizing night shots to cover up shoddy action scenes.

This has major red flags.

Major red flag is forming movie opinions based on trailers instead of actually watching them

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Major red flag is forming movie opinions based on trailers instead of actually watching them

If the trailers had no value, they wouldn't exist.

 

[jason10mm]

An action movie with actors who are as agile as wooden planks....

Come now, Tom Hardy is a legit jiujitsu fighter, its about as authentic as it can get unless Steven Segal shows up

 

[Represent.]

Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night I see a high probability of that movie sucking.

Bro what

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Bro what

If you don't think your product compares favorably, you obfuscate the view to trick your audience into filling in the blanks with their mind.

This knowledge should be baked into your DNA.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

I really dislike tom hardy. And the guy can't do accents to save his life.

Guy uses various American accents in many roles and they all suck.

 

[near]

Filming a visual movie (action) at night when the audience can't see $*#% is a red flag.

I rewatched the trailer and pretty much every scene had sufficient lighting. Maybe increase the brightness of your screen.

If you don't think your product compares favorably, you obfuscate the view to trick your audience into filling in the blanks with their mind.

This knowledge should be baked into your DNA.

A true snake oil salesman. Speaking at length without conveying anything meaningful.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I

Imagine buying a new car or a diamond ring from someone who didn't want to turn the lights on.

"Hey, can you turn the lights on and let me see what you're selling here?"

"The lighting is sufficient."

Snake oil salesmen indeed. I'm sure people who bought that stuff would defend it against those who laughed at them too.

 

[HRK69]

 

[Fbh]

Gareth Evans would usually get me hyped. But Netflix has this uncanny ability to get talented people to release absolute turds, so I guess I'll wait for reviews.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

The Raid is so fucking good. Gonna watch Havoc for sure, shame Joe Taslim isn't in it.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Imagine buying a new car or a diamond ring from someone who didn't want to turn the lights on.

"Hey, can you turn the lights on and let me see what you're selling here?"

"The lighting is sufficient."

Snake oil salesmen indeed. I'm sure people who bought that stuff would defend it against those who laughed at them too.

This has to be trolling.

 

[Clear]

Great supporting cast, Forest Whittaker and Tim Olyphant are going to make sure that Tom Hardy isn't phoning it in.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

The Raid director X Tom Hardy? Let's goooo

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Gareth Evans would usually get me hyped. But Netflix has this uncanny ability to get talented people to release absolute turds, so I guess I'll wait for reviews.

That's my worry too..

 

[INC]

An action movie with actors who are as agile as wooden planks....

Yeh my first feeling tbh, the raid 1/2 are the apex of action, this isn't blowing my skirt up

 

[j0hnnix]

Gareth Evans and Tom Hardy.

 

[bitbydeath]

Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night I see a high probability of that movie sucking.

You’re missing out on a lot of good movies with that attitude.

 

[clarky]

The Raid director X Tom Hardy? Let's goooo

You missed out the Netflix part. So lets not.

Netflix churn out turds like no other regardless of the talent involved.

 

[HRK69]

You missed out the Netflix part. So lets not.

Netflix churn out turds like no other regardless of the talent involved.

I thought the two Extraction movies were pretty decent

Great fucking action scenes

 

[SJRB]

Why does Hardy talk so weird? That’s not his normal voice.

 

[clarky]

I thought the two Extraction movies were pretty decent

Great fucking action scenes

Better than most of the shite they put out but hardly top tier action films, not even close.

 

[poodaddy]

Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night I see a high probability of that movie sucking.

You can't be real. I'm utterly convinced that you're the longest form troll in this forum, it's like performance art at this point.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

You’re missing out on a lot of good movies with that attitude.

Which ones?

 

[Represent.]

Which ones?

Nosferatu

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Nosferatu

That's not an action movie. The night can obviously be used to great effect to establish tone. HAVOC is an action movie.

 

[HRK69]

That's not an action movie. The night can obviously be used to great effect to establish tone. HAVOC is an action movie.

Keep shifting the goalposts, buddy. You clearly said, "Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night, I see a high probability of it sucking."

Now, all of a sudden, it only applies to action movies?

 

[jason10mm]

You’re missing out on a lot of good movies with that attitude.

Maybe he is just a vampire and is tired of perpetual night. Only way he can see the sun is through film

Though I do agree that with the demise of "blue filtered daylight stands in for nighttime" cinematography it has become a lot harder to follow action in true nighttime scenes if the DP or whoever isn't really good. Even the old classic "spotlight just out of frame lighting up everything in the dark woods" trick isn't used much anymore. Everyone thinks they are Michael Mann and can extract detail from low light with digital but it ain't so.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Keep shifting the goalposts, buddy. You clearly said, "Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night, I see a high probability of it sucking."

Now, all of a sudden, it only applies to action movies?

Action movies and CGI movies.

 

[Represent.]

Action movies and CGI movies.

All of these movies have their main action set pieces taking place at night

Terminator 2
Terminator
Titanic
Avatar 2
Collateral
Alien franchise
The extraction 2 has an amazing night action sequence
1917 has an amazing one shot action sequence taking place at night

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

All of these movies have their main action set pieces taking place at night

Terminator 2
Terminator
Titanic
Avatar 2
Collateral
Alien franchise
The extraction 2 has an amazing night action sequence
1917 has an amazing one shot action sequence taking place at night

All movies with trailers that featured day time shots. You guys are pushing back against something I never even said.

 

[mitch1971]

Someone releases a GAAS set permanently at night.

MEN_IN_BOXES

 

[kruis]

Why does Hardy talk so weird? That’s not his normal voice.

Hardy confuses doing weird voices and accents with acting.

 

[Trilobit]

Whenever I see a movie that takes place at night I see a high probability of that movie sucking.

Wrong! American Graffiti, Nightcrawler, Collateral.

But Netflix movies are a different and crappier breed.

 

[bitbydeath]

Action movies and CGI movies.

Die Hard 1 is an action movie and shot entirely at night.