Buckle up, everyone: Gareth Evans is back in action. Literally. After the gore-strewn one-two punch of The Raid and The Raid 2 a duology which quite literally reshaped the action movie genre as we know it the director moved on to gnarly folk horror (Apostle) and small-screen crime sagas (Gangs Of London Season 1). 

But with his long-awaited HAVOC, he's back in movie mode for the first time since 2017 and plunging back into the all-out action with which he made his name. And this time, he has a mega A-list star leading the way in the shape of Tom Hardy. The results promise to be thrilling and bruising in equal measure and the first teaser has arrived, offering a glimpse of the... well, havoc to come.

Boom. This is just a brief look for now, but the combination of Evans and Hardy seems to be as no-holds-barred as you'd hope. The writer-director knows exactly how to do a visceral fight scene, while Hardy is long overdue a burly, brawny, brawly role in a film like this here playing a detective forced to scrap his way through the dregs of the city.

Here's the official synopsis: "Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician's estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past."

As well as getting the first teaser, we now know exactly when HAVOC will arrive on Netflix it'll be streaming on the service from 25 April. That's more than enough time to revisit The Raid, its sequel, and the entire first season of Gangs Of London in the intervening months. Start spiking your adrenaline levels in preparation now.