The elevator pitch is pretty snappy: Tom Hardy plays a homicide detective named Walker with a very chequered past, and the scars to show for it. On a mission to locate a corrupt politician’s son, he finds himself squaring off against just about everybody as he carves his way through the criminal underworld and unearths various dark conspiracies.

Havoc’s violent, breathtaking pace continues right up until the end, when all of the characters must come to terms with their actions

Netflix subscribers have propelled The Raid director Gareth Evans' new Tom Hardy-led action-thriller to the top of the streamer's charts stateside.