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Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans is a film director who came to prominence with his Indonesian martial arts movie The Raid

May 2020

  • Gangs of London

    Siege mentality: Gangs of London episode five is a televisual, action feast

    Director Gareth Evans brings all his expertise from the Raid movies to one of the most intense, brutal hours of TV ever made

April 2020

  • Jodie Comer as Villanellle and Stefan Iancu as Felix, dressed as clowns, in a scene from the third series of Killing Eve

    Opportunity knocks: how lockdown is opening doors for new creative talent

    Aspiring writers and directors now have a rare chance to impress producers and publishers with time on their hands

October 2018

  • Dan Stevens in Apostle

    Apostle review – exhilarating Netflix horror is a wild, gory surprise

    Gareth Evans, director of The Raid, shocks and confounds with an ultra-violent tale of a mad prophet that transforms into something entirely unexpected

January 2018

  • Red Sparrow is an upcoming American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence, based on the book of the same name, written by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parke<br>KPBKXA Film Still  Red Sparrow is an upcoming American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence, based on the book of the same name, written by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jeremy Irons.

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    The most exciting action and thriller films of 2018

    Benicio del Toro’s Sicario is set loose in Mexico, Robert Pattinson rides off into the sunset and Robert Redford breaks out of Alcatraz in a canoe

October 2014

  • Gomorrah TV series

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    DVDs and downloads: Gomorrah; Godzilla; Hide Your Smiling Faces; Mystery Road and more

    Gomorrah is a riveting, repulsive slow-burner. And Godzilla keeps the reptile count nicely under control, writes Guy Lodge

April 2014

  • Hammer horror: Julie Estelle battles Iko Uwais in The Raid 2.

    The Raid 2: Berandal review – 'astonishing gusto'

    Gareth Evans's Raid sequel ups the ante in a vast and exhausting orchestration of sadism and sentiment, writes Xan Brooks

  • Composite of images from films reviewed on the 11 April Guardian Film Show

    The Guardian film show
    The Guardian Film Show: Calvary, The Raid 2, Half of a Yellow Sun and The Lunchbox - video reviews

    Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review this week's big cinema releases

    • The Raid 2's director: 'The nicer the place the more I want to destroy it'

    • The Raid 2 review – Owww! Whoa!

    • Film talk
      The Raid 2: Berandal director Gareth Evans: 'People look down on action, horror and comedy' – video interview

January 2014

  • The Raid 2 film still

    First look review
    The Raid 2: Sundance 2014 – first look review

    Out of the tower block and into Jakarta's crime underworld, Gareth Evans's gory sequel is even more violent – you'll thrill despite yourself, writes Henry Barnes

October 2013

  • Railway sign

    Public Information Films: the true kings of horror

    New movie V/H/S 2 has its sights set on scaring the bejeezus out of you. So we asked the directors, including Britain's own Gareth Evans, to critique other masters of the form, like that ad where the kid forgets to put his seatbelt on

May 2012

  • The Raid: Redemption

    The Raid – review

  • Gareth Huw Evans

    The Raid: how a Welsh director rocked the world of Asian action cinema

April 2012

  • The Raid, Sundance Film Festival 2012

    After Hollywood
    Indonesian cinema: primed for action

    Phil Hoad: Welshman Gareth Evans is part of a new mood of creativity in Indonesian cinema, ready for global competition despite the country's lack of film infrastructure and political support

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