Havoc (2005)

I love this movie so much

Absolutely brilliant

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A slice-of-life about privileged, bored, hedonistic white kids who want a taste of street/gang life but get more than they bargained for is clichéd movie material by now, and "Havoc" is too short to develop the theme with much depth, but it has a harsh immediacy that probably comes from director Barbara Kopple's documentary background, and you can't take your eyes off it for a second. Anne Hathaway lets it all out (literally) in her breakthrough adult performance, and she is incredibly sexy. **1/2 out of 4.

If you're not ready, don't jump. And if you don't want to ruin your teen memories of Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries or Ella in Ella Enchanted, don't watch this movie. Really. It's a perfect turnaround of her acting. I can't believe she dared to take the role. It's more than Rachel Getting Married, I guess. Well, maybe there's a reason why she decided to take this role. Yeah, I get it. She wanted to explore her acting ability, which I think is good. She's quite convincing as a black people copycat. But still, do you really have to do those naked and sex scenes, my sweet Anne??? Thank God you're not the one who did the 3 some.

as a fan of Disney films,animated and live action or films along those lines,these type of films barely get a look in from me.the only reason these indie sort of films ever get a look in is because i buy all dvds/blurays of actors/actresses i like,in this case its obviously Anne Hathaway.of course this is a huge leap from playing a innocent little princess but i think this is the only reason so many people have given this a negative review.i would say if you want a bad Anne Hathaway movie then watch passengers.havoc is easily her best film to date,as good as princess diaries was,there is similar films out there and while ill always buy them all and enjoy them all its nice to see something different once in a while and this is as different as it gets.the nudity is not just added for the sake of it,instead it is a story in itself and the only downside was how it ended,its far too short for the amount of story there was to tell.every single one of the main characters had at least one or 2 more story points to finish on,it seemed like it was just getting into the film and it ended but it shows how good a film it was if the only bad side is that it leaves viewers wanting more.there easily could have been a sequel and the first time i watched this the very first thing i did was go online to see if a sequel was coming because i really wanted to know what happened to Alison and if she made friends with her friend who was raped,and the main bit missing is who was killed at the end,i don't understand the point of finishing a film with audio only so you cant see the main part of the film,the whole story led up to a gang fight and that very fight was just a blank screen and a random gun shot then credits roll.but overall its a great movie and worth watching if only to see Anne Hathaway in yet another brilliant film and up there with the high budget blockbusters

I bought this on DVD very cheaply, almost exclusively because I thought the title was great. Checking the film out on IMDb upon my return home and I wondered if I would ever watch it. So many reviewers tell of the irritating way the male rich kids are always aping the gangster classes and the girls talking in that affected cluck-cluck way. The fact hip-hop does little for me looked like I was set for some fast forwarding. How wrong I was. This is one heck of a good movie. OK, I don't suppose every little rich boy is quite as silly as those depicted and same goes for the girls, BUT there is more than an element of truth here. Even as an oldie living in the UK, I am aware of kids speaking and acting like this, so I'm pretty certain it happens in the US. We must have copied from somewhere! I'm also sure that East LA could never look as potentially glamorous as this BUT, this was written by a young girl of 16 and at the very least this is fantasy. And why would this fantasy persist? Why might poor little rich girls want to risk all for a potentially exciting bout of carnal pleasure? Why indeed BUT, surely we have seen this theme explored a thousand times and always we exclaim that a woman could not be so foolish, that she would surely stay with her own kind. Oh yeah? Anyway it happens and it is depicted here with great candour and skill. A very grubby and absorbing morality tale of what happens when a couple of nubile white chicks stumble into an episode of 'The Wire'.