Tom Hardy takes on the criminal underworld in the explosive trailer for Havoc, Gareth Evans’ next action movie.
Hardy stars as Walker, a weathered detective who investigates a brutal massacre in Chinatown that appears to be the result of a drug deal gone wrong. Hardy learns that the prime suspect is Charlie (Justin Cornwell), the estranged son of Mayor Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker). The mayor demands that Walker get him back or he will expose the cop’s wrongdoings. “You won’t get out of this city alive without my help,” Walker tells Charlie as they plan their escape.
The more Walker protects Charlie, the more enemies he makes: a dirty politician, a crime syndicate, and fellow cops. For Walker, violence is the only answer, and the explosive trailer previews several gory and brutal action sequences.
Havoc also stars Jessie Mei Li, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Yeo Yann Yann, and Timothy Olyphant.
Gareth Evans writes and directs Havoc, which began filming in July 2021. Despite wrapping in October 2021, Havoc‘s reshoots did not happen until July 2024 due to delays from the Hollywood strikes. Evans produces with Hardy, Ed Talfan, and Aram Tertzakian.
Evans is one of the most prominent action filmmakers working. His three Indonesian thrillers — 2009’s Merantau, 2011’s The Raid, and 2014’s The Raid 2 — are cited as some of the best technical action movies of the last 20 years. Havoc is Evans’ first directed feature film since 2018’s Apostle.
Netflix will release Havoc on April 25, 2025.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
https://twitter.com/imagine/status/2113712964419063911
YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.