

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
Direction
Gareth Evans' signature brutal choreography
Practical Effects
Every stab, slam, and snapped limb hits different
Cinematography
Rain-slicked streets that look like sin

Director
Gareth Evans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Evans storyboarded every fight sequence himself, shooting 47 versions of the nightclub brawl before settling on the final cut.
The film's fictional city draws visual DNA from Jakarta (The Raid's home) and 1980s Detroit, creating a nowhere-place that feels uncomfortably everywhere.