{"id":1186006,"date":"2026-02-16T04:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=565220"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:39:06","slug":"watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the all-time action classics that inspired Netflix\u2019s Havoc"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The day action fans have been waiting over four years for has finally arrived: The Raid franchise mastermind Gareth Evans\u2019 new action movie, <em>Havoc<\/em>, has finally dropped. The Netflix original \u2014 made under Evans\u2019 deal with the streamer, which also resulted in the Dan Stevens-starring horror-mystery <em>Apostle <\/em>\u2014 stars Tom Hardy and is already, in my view, the standout in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/action\/506038\/den-of-thieves-2-pantera-electric-car-chase-porsche-interview-christian-gudegast\">strong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/review\/531784\/in-the-lost-lands-review-milla-jovovich-paul-w-s-anderson-movie-george-r-r-martin\">crop<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/movies\/529139\/legends-condor-heroes-gallants-movie-tsui-hark-wuxia\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/review\/518929\/dont-mess-grandma-movie-tubi-michael-jai-white\">2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/movies\/555479\/zero-movie-thriller-jean-luc-herbulot-hus-miller-saloum-interview\">action<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/action\/506278\/donnie-yen-the-prosecutor-interview\">movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It\u2019s also a slight stylistic departure for Evans, although the motivated camera movement, visceral violence, and ambitious long takes that helped make the Raid movies so iconic are still very present. While large portions of the Raid movies featured essentially nonstop action, <em>Havoc <\/em>more closely follows the \u201cheroic bloodshed\u201d model that late-1980s Hong Kong action movies employed. Heroic bloodshed movies typically emphasize gunplay over hand-to-hand combat, feature crime and gangster-focused storylines, and have tons of blood, but are also notable for their deeply emotional themes and character arcs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Havoc<\/em> really feels like Evans\u2019 John Woo movie, which is exactly as good as it sounds. It\u2019s shockingly well-constructed emotionally, touching on themes of redemption and love, while also delivering on the hard-hitting action you want from an Evans project. And no surprise, when the director shared on an Instagram story about nine of the movies that deeply inspired <em>Havoc<\/em>, multiple all-time Woo classics made the cut. (That IG story is no longer up, but you can see Evans and Hardy talk more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WE7FqTTnKt8\"><em>Havoc <\/em>influences with Letterboxd<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Here are some of the movies that influenced <em>Havoc<\/em> and where to watch them.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hard Boiled<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Rim via Everett Collection\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>YouTube or a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A stone-cold heroic bloodshed classic that influenced dozens of action movies that followed, <em>Hard Boiled <\/em>is a jazzy, stylish entry in the vaunted history of John Woo\/Chow Yun-fat collaborations. It was one of the first John Woo movies I ever watched (although it was his last in Hong Kong before taking his talents to Hollywood), and while I personally prefer <em>A Better Tomorrow<\/em> (which you can find on Dailymotion), there\u2019s no denying the thrills and influence of <em>Hard Boiled<\/em>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lnsOG9nuDA\">one of the most impressive extended takes in action movie history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Killer<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; &lt;\/p&gt; | Image: Media Asia Entertainment Group via Everett Collection\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Media Asia Entertainment Group via Everett Collection\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>Hopefully you have a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A few years before <em>Hard Boiled<\/em>, Woo and Chow teamed up for <em>The Killer<\/em>, a moody masterpiece strongly influenced by <em>Le Samoura\u00ef<\/em>. Chow plays a professional assassin who accidentally blinds a nightclub singer during a job, and decides to devote himself (and his skills) to pay for her medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You may notice that many of these movies aren\u2019t available on traditional streaming services, but <em>The Killer <\/em>in particular is nearly impossible to find. It isn\u2019t available to digitally rent or stream anywhere; The Criterion Collection\u2019s version is out of print;\u00a0and the last physical copy released in the States was a 2010 DVD on The Weinstein Company\u2019s Dragon Dynasty label. Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/movies\/shout-studios-gets-worldwide-rights-to-156-classic-hong-kong-films\/\">Shout! Studios purchased the worldwide rights to 156 Hong Kong movies from this era in January<\/a>, including Woo\u2019s movies, and digital restorations are planned, so hopefully that situation will change soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Woo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/action\/446226\/the-killer-remake-john-woo-peacock-review\">remade <em>The Killer <\/em>for Peacock in 2024<\/a>, putting a fresh spin on the story while retaining his singular sense of action design. It doesn\u2019t match up to the original, but nothing really can, and it is a fun watch if you\u2019re looking for a new version of Woo\u2019s heroic bloodshed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full Contact<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Golden Princess Film Production via Everett Collection\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>The Internet Archive or a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Here\u2019s a bloody crime story about betrayal, vengeance, and a weapons heist gone wrong where Chow Yun-fat teams up with the other major heroic bloodshed director of this era of Hong Kong action, Ringo Lam. Like with Woo, Chow worked on many movies with Lam, and <em>Full Contact <\/em>is a stellar entry in their partnership. In many ways, Lam\u2019s heroic bloodshed movies are a mirror image of Woo\u2019s \u2014 darker, sleazier, and unabashedly loud when contrasted with the elegance of Woo\u2019s gun battles. But both directors are in the upper, upper echelon of the pantheon of great action directors when it comes to an innate understanding of space and precise depictions of extreme violence.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Heart Is That Eternal Rose<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>Criterion Channel<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A Hong Kong actioner with a more romantic spin, <em>My Heart Is That Eternal Rose <\/em>comes from director\/editor Patrick Tam (a collaborator of Hong Kong legends Wong Kar-wai and Johnnie To). It follows a young couple who are forced to part ways after a job gone wrong, and what happens when they stumble upon each other again years later. Tony Leung Chiu-wai won Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his turn in this one, which was co-shot by legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle (<em>In the Mood for Love<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beast Cops<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>The Internet Archive or a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Beast Cops <\/em>follows the complicated friendship between a police officer (Anthony Wong) and a gangster (Michael Wong). Like <em>Havoc<\/em>, it has a dark and gritty focus on the criminal underworld, and how that world easily intersects with that of the police. <em>Beast Cops <\/em>won a ton of Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Longest Nite<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>YouTube or a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Tony Leung plays a corrupt cop who lives a secret life as a gang enforcer, now attempting to negotiate terms between faction leaders in the midst of a gang war. A bleak crime thriller co-directed and written by the great Johnnie To, <em>The Longest Nite <\/em>brings the noir influences of this era of Hong Kong cinema to the forefront.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hong Kong Godfather<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>Dailymotion or a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Former Shaw Brothers star Wang Lung-wei moved to directing in 1985, and the bloody gangster drama <em>Hong Kong Godfather <\/em>was one of his first projects behind the camera. In this one, a retired gangster seeks revenge when his former boss is betrayed and killed and his daughter is kidnapped. While many movies from this era prioritize gunplay over martial arts, this one leans more into the latter (and both are present in <em>Havoc<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wild Bunch<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Warner Bros. via Everett Collection\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>For digital rental\/purchase on Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">As the one non-Hong Kong movie on this list, <em>The Wild Bunch <\/em>stands out, but it is arguably the movie that most deeply influenced this era of Hong Kong cinema. An extremely controversial movie when it was released in 1969 because of its amoral cast of characters and unabashedly graphic violence, <em>The Wild Bunch <\/em>is filled with massive, bloody shootouts and groundbreaking use of slow motion and quick-cut editing techniques. There\u2019s a lot of John Woo in this movie, and by extension, a lot of <em>Havoc<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">City on Fire<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/watch-the-all-time-action-classics-that-inspired-netflixs-havoc-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Where to watch: <\/strong>The Internet Archive or a physical copy<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">We talked about <em>Full Contact <\/em>earlier, but <em>City on Fire <\/em>is <em>The<\/em> Chow Yun-Fat\/Ringo Lam collaboration you have to see. Chow plays an undercover cop torn between allegiances to the police department, his girlfriend, and his newfound friends in the gang he\u2019s been infiltrating. It\u2019s got all the heroic bloodshed staples: shocking violence, deeply felt love (both romantic and platonic), and a stylish sense of cool that just oozes off the screen. Along with <em>A Better Tomorrow<\/em>, <em>City on Fire <\/em>propelled Chow to international stardom, and it\u2019s easy to see why. Few people have ever looked better on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/what-to-watch\/565220\/havoc-movie-netflix-action-influences-watch-streaming\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day action fans have been waiting over four years for has finally arrived: The Raid franchise mastermind Gareth Evans\u2019 new action movie, Havoc, has finally dropped. The Netflix original \u2014 made under Evans\u2019 deal with the streamer, which also resulted in the Dan Stevens-starring horror-mystery Apostle \u2014 stars Tom Hardy and is already, in my view, the standout in a strong crop of 2025 action movies. It\u2019s also a slight stylistic departure for Evans, although the motivated camera movement, visceral violence, and ambitious long takes that helped make the Raid movies so iconic are still very present. While large portions of the Raid movies featured essentially nonstop action, Havoc more closely follows the \u201cheroic bloodshed\u201d model that late-1980s Hong Kong action movies employed. 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