Gareth Evans Retrospective

In the last twenty years, there has perhaps been no one filmmaker more influential on the course of action cinema than Gareth Evans. Speaking as an action fan who’s been following his career religiously since 2009, I believe that his body of work, as a director, writer, and editor, merits a comprehensive and thorough examination through the lens of auteur theory.

I couldn’t find one online, so I figured I’d do it, and that’s this project. Enjoy!

Gareth Evans Films, Chronological

1. Footsteps (2006) (Not Very Good)
2. Merantau (2009) (Very Good)
3. The Raid (2011) (Masterpiece: Tour De Good)
4. Safe Haven (from V/H/S/2) (2013) (Very Good)
5. The Raid 2 (2014) (Exceptionally Good)
6. Pre Vis Action (2016) (Good)
7. Apostle (2018) (Nearly Good)
8. Gangs of London (TV series) (2020) (Coming soon…)

Gareth Evans Films, Ranked

(Ranking to be updated as reviews are published)

1. The Raid (2011) (Masterpiece: Tour De Good)
2. The Raid 2 (2014) (Exceptionally Good)
3. Safe Haven (from V/H/S/2) (2013) (Very Good)
4. Merantau (2009) (Very Good)
5. Pre Vis Action (2016) (Good)
6. Apostle (2018) (Nearly Good)
7. Footsteps (2006) (Not Very Good)

Title	Date	Film Year	Director	Is It Good	Tags
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 8	04/11/2024	2020	Gens, Xavier	3	Gangs of London, Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 7	04/02/2024	2020	Gens, Xavier	4	Gareth Evans, Gangs of London, Andrew Milne
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 6	03/15/2024	2020	Gens, Xavier	3	Gangs of London, Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 5	02/28/2024	2020	Evans, Gareth	7	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 4	02/15/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	6	Gangs of London, Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 3	01/31/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	6	Gangs of London, Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 2	01/17/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	5	Gangs of London, Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Gangs of London, Series 1, Episode 1	01/03/2024	2020	Evans, Gareth	6	Gangs of London, Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Gangs of London (2020)	01/03/2024	2020	Evans, Gareth		Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Apostle (2018)	12/20/2023	2018	Evans, Gareth	4	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Pre Vis Action (2016)	12/15/2023	2016	Evans, Gareth	5	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
The Raid 2 (2014)	12/10/2023	2014	Evans, Gareth	7	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Safe Haven (from V/H/S/2) (2013)	12/01/2023	2013	Evans, Gareth	6	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
The Raid (2011)	11/28/2023	2011	Evans, Gareth	8	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans
Merantau (2009)	11/23/2023	2009	Evans, Gareth	6	Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
Footsteps (2006)	11/20/2023	2006	Evans, Gareth	3	Andrew Milne, Gareth Evans

 

 

• Review Project: Gareth Evans Retrospective

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Andrew is a 2012 graduate of the University of Dundee, with an MA in English and Politics. He spent a lot of time at Uni watching decadently nerdy movies with his pals, and decided that would be his identity moving forward. He awards an extra point on The Goods ranking scale to any film featuring robots or martial arts. He also dabbles in writing fiction, which is assuredly lousy with robots and martial arts.