Havoc (2005)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

The Worst Film Ever

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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.

Plot kicks off right away with the rich Hollywood teens fighting on a beach,, thats being documented by a friend.. bored of the lives they lead they go in search to see what the life on the poorer sides of town are like. where toby(annes boyfriend) tries to give attitude to 1 of the drugdealers (hector)who in turn threaten to shoot him until anne steps in and pleads.. he spares toby for her. which makes her lust after hector wanting to learn more about hector and where he lives.. I can only imagine that maybe its men giving this a poor rating .. I personally really like this film.. its defo suppose to be a erotic piece a bit of girls fantasy.. if ladies have a thing for Latin men or badboys with a good heart this will probably be for you .. The most irritating part of the film has to be when Bijou starts screaming false rape after getting too drunk and letting several members of the gang bang her at the same time ...... It also has a great soundtrack.. unfortunately some of the songs arnt listed on the credits like "si te gusta" by minus P .. so if anyone has a copy of it let me download it please!!!! lol

'Havoc' is pretty much like any other teen-rebel film but it's not that bad for a one-time watch. The late Jessica Kaplan wrote the screenplay as a teenager and with that regard it's pretty impressive. However, as a stand alone there isn't much that stays after the rolling of the end credits. Some scenes are well executed and the dialogues are interesting. The scenes with the gangsters and the two girls were also well handled. I also liked how the gangster characters were written. They were bad people but not devils. The dark humour also works for the most parts. Anna Hathaway and Freddy Rodriguez do a find job. Bijou Philips too does a decent job. Most of the rest of the younger cast, especially the actors that play 'wiggers' are quite awful. For a one time watch, I didn't mind 'Havoc'. In parts, the film doesn't do a bad job in presenting the dark themes such as teenagers bored with a 'safe' life and pretending to be what they're not, but, it could have developed it further as towards the end, 'Havoc' does appear patchy and rushed.

Many people complain that this film is anything but good, and they dismiss it as simple trash that overreached while trying to be affecting. Well, I'm not one of them. I am one of those who think this is, in fact, an interesting film, and very well worth the hour and a half I spent watching it.I suppose most of the negative reviews towards this film come from the fact that it did not reach the expectations people had of it. I mean take director Barbara Kopple (yes, the documentary genius director), screenwriter Stephen Gaghan (who also wrote classics like Traffic and Syriana) and Anne Hathaway in a powerfully explosive role...you'd normally expect a highly artistic, disturbingly deep and intelligent film. This film isn't any of the above, even though it TRIES to be. Nevertheless, as I've mentioned before, it does have an interesting enough plot.It's about two rich teenagers (Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips) who are going through their rebellious teenager stage where drinking, heavy flirting and hanging out with the tough guys is in vogue. They decide to cross over from their posh neighborhoods into downtown East side, (the Latino side, really) where hard drugs, gang violence and gun fights are at the order of the day. These teens are impressed (to put it mildly) with how "real" everything seems in the East side, and are soon begging to be admitted into the hazardous Latino gang...with expectable detrimental results.The film tries to discuss really profound and disturbing points of view, and even though it DOES tackle some issues, it all seems a bit off. Hathaway is, of course, a revelation in her first challenging role, but the rest of the actors are a bit off. In fact, everything about the movie is a bit off. Even Stephen Gaghan, who writes the screenplay, offers us a probing look into the breaches of society and the cause and effect that lead our two protagonists in a downward spiral, but he refuses to reach deeper to actually make the audience care and feel enveloped by the psychological turmoil going on-screen.I'm sure I'm portraying this to be a base and horrible film, but it isn't. I feel I watched something entertaining and that serves as an illustration to other similar films I've watched before. It's an interesting movie to seek out, and I really do recommend it, but I hope you aren't expecting a masterpiece. Just watch it 'for the fun of it' (even if this phrase sounds a bit ironic).Rating: 2 and a half stars out of 4!