Violence like this is not glorious! It becomes boring and repetitive. I would never recommend this movie to anyone. A dark waste of time!

@aholejones said:

The kind of over the top violence and shenanigans I think I last saw in that "Rambo" (2008) movie and I'm all for it. They seemed to be emptying full magazines into every other person just because. Speaking of people and judging by that last battle at the shack it would seem korean henchmen come by the dozen the way they kept pouring in and the way they kept mowing them down. While not a masterpiece by any metric color me suprised since this is a Netflix movie and Netflix does have a history of putting out sheer garbage for years.

There is a DIFFERENCE between Korean & Chinese! The 'triads' are Chinese.

I actually didn't like this type of violence. It's pointless to empty entire mag into one person, seems completely unrealistic and cartoonish. I still consider The Raid 2 as one of the best action movies of all times, and it didn't have such pointless display. The action in both The Raid movies was efficient, perfectly calculated and thrilling, that's why it felt so real. But instead of the same feeling, Havoc feels like a silly satire on action genre with a lot of cgi of driving cars. The plot is also thin, the best thing about the movie is the opening monologue which was absolutely fantastic. Too bad the movie didn't held up to this opening and in general was mostly disappointing.

@D-magic said:

I actually didn't like this type of violence. It's pointless to empty entire mag into one person, seems completely unrealistic and cartoonish.

Gareth Evans said that the movie is his love letter to the HK "heroic bloodshed" genre, where people seem to have unlimited ammo until it's dramatic or handy for them to run out. Unfortunately there was very little heroism in the movie.

Jean-Luc famously pointed out how “glorious” war is on the big screen. Just a bit of critical perspective for the thread there.