What is really interesting about this film is, although I heard about it once a little while back, I completely forgot Tom Hardy was in this but I do not think I even knew that the person behind this movie was Gareth Evans, the man behind the excellent 'Raid' franchise (it is two films deep, he needs to make a third, he really does) and the 'Gangs of London' series. At this rate, he is known for high action, gore and martial arts, and we love him for it. The Raid was the John Wick of its day. A police officer goes into a building with his team to save his kidnapped brother from a mob boss. The film Dredd had the same premise. The sequel to The Raid, although I cannot remember the plot, the action was intensified as it brought on a couple of antagonists that were truly wild. Gangs of London is a story involving an undercover cop who is trying to infiltrate a gang and bring the gang down from the inside. I mention these because as I said, high action, martial arts and gore, and this trailer gives us just that, with Tom Hardy.
This trailer looks great. A man, Tom Hardy, is brought in to save Forest Whitaker's son and bring him back before a gang finds him to kill him because of a murder he may or may not have committed. This film looks chaotic, but it also looks really good. I would say the trailer was badly put together because it looked like there was too much going on near the end, where they shoved some, if not all, of the brutal deaths or fighting moments into one section of the trailer. It was just a little too much for me, as if it was a hard sell on the violence, but with that said, it is not like I am not going to watch a Gareth Evans project, that would be very silly of me. Also, the throwing of the washing machine is hilarious. I'm due to start Gangs of London season 3 shortly, so that will be my fix until Havoc arrives.
