The James Marsh film review archive

Gareth Evans

  • Gareth Evans Interview

    Gareth Evans Interview

    Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans burst onto the action scene with The Raid (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), a bone-crushing brace of visceral Indonesian martial arts films that propelled its… Read More

  • Apostle

    Apostle

    Gareth Evans, director of The Raid, returns home to Wales and whips up this dark, gothic, pseudo-religious thriller in the vein of The Wicker Man and Hammer Horror. (at 24:20) Read More

  • The Raid 2

    An operatic crime epic that’s as beautiful in its calm moments as it is brutal with its action. I discuss the film in more detail with Fernando on the podcast… Read More

  • REVIEW: V/H/S/2

    I wasn’t overly enamoured by last year’s V/H/S but nevertheless I was looking forward to the follow-up, especially after early reports out of Sundance promised a leaner, more lighthearted affair… Read More

  • The Raid

    I’ve seen Gareth Evans’ blistering Indonesian action movie a few times before, but on discovering that last night’s dinner guests were in the mood for a movie and unaware of… Read More