Dec 30, 2025
Rewatched Havoc (2025) and still don't get how it's considered a disappointment.
People hated the CGI, but I love that it's set in one of those nameless, hyper-stylized urban hellscapes we used to get in grimy 90s movies like Se7en and The Crow. People hated the talky first act, but I love hearing legendary marble mouths like Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, and Luis Guzmán menace each other unintelligibly. People bemoaned the lack of action, but when this thing goes off it goes off like a goddamn nail bomb. The final shootout, inside an Evil Dead-style non-Euclidean cabin, is one for the ages.
