After waiting four, long years, action movie fans had reason to celebrate this weekend as theTom Hardy-ledNetflixthriller,Havoc, was released at last. However, while many have quickly found themselves wonderfully wrapped up in Hardy andThe Raiddirector Gareth Evans’ bullet-ridden tale of a bruised detective forced to battle his way into the criminal underworld, there is one thing that stood out to many viewers. And it’s been met with a mixed response…
Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy has become known for his hardman persona and intensity on-screen. But there’s something else he’s become somewhat infamous for too: accents. Whether it bemumbling throughMad Max: Fury RoadandThe Revenant, delivering something highly unexpected vocallywith Bane inThe Dark Knight Rises, or providing two very different voices as Eddie Brock and Venom in the Marvel franchise, Hardy loves to do a voice.Havocis no different, with this particular tendency receiving glowing praise and hearty guffaws in equal measure.
“I loved it. Hardy was doing his “I’m a guy going through some sh*t accent,” applaudedone fan, while anotheradded, “my biggest admiration for tom hardy is that he has only one amerikkkan accent and it’s long island new york period.”
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Others found Hardy’slatest inflections humorous…which we can only assume wasn’t his intention. “I’m watchingHavocon Netflix. Very OTT and Tom Hardy can’t do an American accent. Almost funny,” saidanother viewer. Others had an even more brutal take, withthis Hardy fansaying, “Everything about Tom Hardy is perfect but one thing - that voice he uses for his American accent. Blends well inVenombut something serious? It’s like a 2-hour razor massage for your ears.”
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Others foundthemselves needing“subtitles for Tom Hardy movies. Especially when they have him do this terrible american accent,”while others“don’t ever want to hear Tom Hardy speak without the British Accent” again.
Anotherviewer calledHardy’sHavocaccent his “most confounding accent yet, he vacillates between late era steroid mouth Mickey Rourke and the full-on Bane voice from scene to scene.” But would we really be withoutthe actor’s unique delivery? No doubt many would miss it, withanother fansaying, “It’s time to play another game of what accent Tom Hardy is using.”
Somewhere amid the scene-stealing accent,Havoctells the story of a detectivewith a shady past who, when a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, finds himself fighting his way through a corrupt city’s criminal underworld to save a politician’s son. Written and directed by Evans, Hardy is joined inHavocby Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant (Justified, The Mandalorian), Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy, Bel-Air), Jessie Mei Li (Last Night in Soho, Shadow and Bone), Yeo Yann Yann (American Born Chinese), Quelin Sepulveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Sunny Pang (Headshot), and Michelle Waterson (Fright Night).Havocis now streaming on Netflix.
