Liked ‘Havoc’? Here are Five Movies to Stream Next

The new action extravaganza “Havoc” debuted on Netflix over the weekend with a bang — or, more accurately, nonstop bangs, a flurry of gunfire, spurting blood and breaking bones. It’s the latest effort from the writer and director Gareth Evans, who has established himself as a master action stylist in only a handful of features and shorts (and the first series of the British television show “Gangs of London”). If you’ve watched “Havoc” and are up for more — more of Evans’s distinctive aesthetic, more breathless action, more police corruption, or more of its star — here are a few suggestions.

‘The Raid: Redemption’ (2012)

Stream it on Netflix; rent or buy it on major platforms.

Evans first came to international prominence with this fast, furious action epic, made in Indonesia and spotlighting the talents of its star, Iko Uwais, who also served (along with his co-star Yayan Ruhian) as the choreographer for the stunning fight scenes. The narrative is lean and mean, focusing on an elite team of paramilitary police — including the rookie officer Rama (Uwais) — who mount an ambitious raid on a crime-infested apartment block. Their target is the kingpin Tama Riyadi (Ray Sahetapy), but he’s populated the building with an assortment of underlings, henchmen and small-time crooks that stand between him and these would-be invaders.

This simple setup echoes the structure of countless video games, where the heroes must take out level after level of various middlemen before coming face to face with the “final boss.” Approaching the “Raid” films like video games is wise, particularly in understanding how the bruised and beaten Rama manages to take a licking and keep on ticking. The Welsh-born Evans met the martial artist Uwais while working on a documentary about pencak silat, an Indonesian form of fighting that combines multiple styles (kicking, punching, grappling, throwing and makeshift weapons) into a ferocious, all-or-nothing assault. Evans ingeniously incorporates that spirit into his filmmaking, coming up with an electrifying mixture of cop yarn, kung fu movie and U.F.C. match.

‘The Raid 2: Berandal’ (2014)

Stream it on the Roku Channel; rent or buy it on major platforms.