WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Havoc.
Tom Hardy’s Walker in Gareth Evans’ latest action thriller film Havoc has a dark past full of corruption despite being a respected homicide detective. Several of the characters in Havoc’s cast are either at odds with Walker or have dirt on him after he and Vincent were secretly involved in an incident that resulted in the death of an undercover cop. Even though Walker is a fellow police officer in the unnamed city in Havoc, he is mostly a one-man army who must delicately balance the line between avenging Officer Cortez, who was crushed by a washing machine at the beginning of Havoc, and finding Lawrence Beaumont’s son, Charlie.
Walker’s actions throughout Havoc prove that his loyalty lies more with Beaumont than it does with his police force, which makes him a traitor in some ways. Although Vincent’s hands aren’t clean, especially since he was the one who killed the undercover cop after Walker accidentally injured him, not knowing he was one of them, Vincent and his colleagues, Jake and Hayes, are technically in the right as they search for those responsible for putting Cortez in the ICU. Mia and Charlie, Beaumont’s estranged son, are partly responsible for what happened to Cortez because their partners, Wes and Johnny, were the ones who threw the washing machine.
Walker’s History Of Corruption Before The Events Of Havoc Explained
Walker Used To Be A Part Of Vincent’s Illegal Drug Intercepting Missions
The beginning and the end of Havoc take place in the same location, Walker’s cabin/fishing shack, where he keeps his darkest secrets hidden. This is where Walker apparently disposed of the undercover cop’s body in an empty gasoline barrel, or simply discarded the barrel that he and Vincent used to burn down the warehouse with the cop’s body in it. Either way, the cabin represents the physical manifestation of Walker’s crimes and the ghosts of his past that haunt him. There’s no question that Walker has historically abused his badge and has even broken the law to get a leg up in the corrupt city.
Walker has a wife and daughter whom he doesn’t get to spend much time with. Although it’s not explicitly stated in Havoc, it’s safe to ᴀssume that Walker has not been a moralistic cop like Ellie for quite some time, if ever at all. He used to work with Vincent on off-the-books missions that seemed to have nothing to do with police work whatsoever. Given Vincent’s past working with the traitorous Ching of the Triad gang, it seems like Walker used to participate in illegal activities, such as intercepting drug shipments. All this was done for profit rather than justice, making Walker and Vincent both crooked cops with self-serving interests.
Why Walker Helps Beamount Find Charlie
He Wants To Get Beaumont Out Of The City For Good
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Lawrence Beaumont is a prominent yet corrupt mayoral candidate who has done many favors for a variety of people, especially cops, in the unnamed city in Havoc. While it’s not explicitly made clear what these favors entail, it is clear that Walker has more of a distinct sense of loyalty to Beaumont than to his fellow cops, primarily because he wants to get out of his back-and-forth arrangement with Beaumont. Somehow, Beaumont knows about what Walker did to that undercover cop, which he uses as leverage, but Walker also has dirt on Beaumont, saying that he blackmailed the District Attorney to keep Beaumont out of prison.
Even though Beaumont is campaigning to become mayor of the city, and doesn’t want to let Charlie’s bad press affect his chances of being elected, he agrees to get Charlie and himself out of the city for good if Walker can find him.
Walker goes to Beaumont once he discovers that Charlie was involved in the death of Tsui, the leader of the Triad gang, hoping to use this to his advantage. Beaumont asks Walker what he wants in return for locating and protecting his son, and Walker simply states that he wants Beaumont out of the city. Even though Beaumont is campaigning to become mayor of the city, and doesn’t want to let Charlie’s bad press affect his chances of being elected, he agrees to get Charlie and himself out of the city for good if Walker can find him. It’s very unlikely that Beaumont, had he not died at the end of Havoc, would have held up his end of the deal.
Why Walker Doesn’t Get Along With Vincent & The Other Cops
He Never Trusted Vincent Again After The Undercover Cop Situation
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