Director: Gareth Evans

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!

Review series by Andrew Milne

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)
   1. Season 1 (Good)
   2. Season 2 (Nearly Good)
9. Havoc (2025) (Very Good)

Gareth Evans Films, Ranked

(Excluding Gangs of London)

1. The Raid (2011) (Masterpiece: Tour De Good)
2. The Raid 2 (2014) (Exceptionally Good)
3. Havoc (2025) (Very Good)
4. Safe Haven (from V/H/S/2) (2013) (Very Good)
5. Merantau (2009) (Very Good)
6. Pre Vis Action (2016) (Good)
7. Apostle (2018) (Nearly Good)
8. Footsteps (2006) (Not Very Good)

Title	Date	Film Year	Director	Is It Good	Tags
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 8	06/06/2025	2025	Kim Hong Sun	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 7	05/30/2025	2025	Kim Hong Sun	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 6	05/18/2025	2025	Hoffe, Tessa	3	Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Havoc (2025)	05/07/2025	2025	Evans, Gareth	6	New Release, Featured Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, 2025
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 5	04/24/2025	2025	Hoffe, Tessa	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 4	04/19/2025	2025	Blackburn, Farren	5	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 3	04/11/2025	2025	Blackburn, Farren	4	Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 2	04/03/2025	2025	Kim Hong Sun	5	Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 1	03/24/2025	2025	Kim Hong Sun	5	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 8	09/12/2024	2022	Hardy, Colin	3	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 7	08/30/2024	2022	Hardy, Corin	6	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 6	08/11/2024	2022	Nourizadeh, Nima	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 5	07/21/2024	2022	Nourizadeh, Nima	3	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 4	07/09/2024	2022	Said, Marcela	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 3	06/16/2024	2022	Said, Marcela	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 2	06/08/2024	2022	Hardy, Corin	3	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 1	05/15/2024	2022	Hardy, Corin	5	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 9	04/30/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	5	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 8	04/11/2024	2020	Gens, Xavier	3	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 7	04/02/2024	2020	Gens, Xavier	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 6	03/15/2024	2020	Gens, Xavier	3	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 5	02/28/2024	2020	Evans, Gareth	7	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 4	02/15/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	6	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 3	01/31/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	6	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 2	01/17/2024	2020	Hardy, Corin	5	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 1	01/03/2024	2020	Evans, Gareth	6	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne, Gangs of London
Apostle (2018)	12/20/2023	2018	Evans, Gareth	4	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
Pre Vis Action (2016)	12/15/2023	2016	Evans, Gareth	5	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
The Raid 2 (2014)	12/10/2023	2014	Evans, Gareth	7	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
Safe Haven (from V/H/S/2) (2013)	12/01/2023	2013	Evans, Gareth	6	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
The Raid (2011)	11/28/2023	2011	Evans, Gareth	8	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
Merantau (2009)	11/23/2023	2009	Evans, Gareth	6	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne
Footsteps (2006)	11/20/2023	2006	Evans, Gareth	3	Guest Post, Gareth Evans, Andrew Milne

 

 

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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.