| Action | Drama |
Director: Guy Ritchie
Producer: Guy Ritchie, Bill Block, Ivan Atkinson
Writer: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies
Release Date (Theaters): May 7, 2021, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 29, 2021
SUMMARY:
Mysterious and wild-eyed, a new security guard for a cash truck surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.
MOVIE REVIEW:
A cliched remake of the 2004 French movie Cash Truck, this action-thriller manages to make skilfully planned robberies of armored vehicles seem pretty dull. This is partly because of the structure of Wrath of Man, as it takes the well-worn path of repeating its main set pieces from the point of view of several different groups, and also because genre classics such as Heat have done it so much better. Each plot point approaches with the speed and obviousness of one of the trucks the characters are often driving, so anyone looking for the humor and spark that accompanied director and Guy Ritchie’s early movies will be disappointed.
Statham dutifully goes through the motions as H, his jaw only unclenching to mutter out his share of exposition-heavy dialogue and tedious chat with interchangeable supporting characters. Presumably, this is done to show their no-nonsense macho approach. But instead, it just renders them unbelievable relics from a bygone movie-making era. Like the robbers depicted on screen, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone involved in this unimaginative heist flick is doing it for the money.
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