i want you to hit me as hard as you can after years spent toiling on massive hollywood
blockbusters like sherlock holmes aladdin and would-be franchise starters like the underrated
man from uncle and king arthur legend of the sword guy ritchie's taken a step back
opting to make a series of lower budget but still widely ambitious films that skew more
closely to the r-rated flicks that made him a household name his last movie the gentleman
was a worldwide hit and now he's back with one of his most idiosyncratic films ever wrath of man in
some ways this is similar to his misbegotten film revolver albeit far more successful in pretty much
every way in that it eschews his cheeky humor for a darker almost operatic tale complete with
chapter breaks a complex non-linear structure and a tailor-made role for star jason statham marking
the first collaboration in years in wrath of man statham plays h a new security guard at a cash
truck company being staffed by a collection of characters so hyper macho they use nicknames like
bullet hollow bob and most hilariously boy sweat the company he works for is routinely
hit by robbers and during one such attack h easily dispatches the attacker's methodically saving his
colleagues and impressing the cash trunk company's president played by catastrophe's rob delaney and
as close as the film gets to comic relief at this point the flashbacks kick in proving that
h is far from what he seems with the trailers already revealing that he's on a mission of
vengeance after a job gone awry took the life of his son statham plays the type here with
h totally inscrutable he never loses a fight and dispatches his adversary so methodically it almost
feels steven seagal like until richie starts to peel back the layers of the character like an
onion the film is loaded with wall-to-wall hyper machismo but in some ways this feels almost like a
satire with eddie marjon as the harried supervisor at the cast trunk company the only one who wonders
whether statham is more of a psychopath than a superhero wrath of man is based on a french
film called the convoy of or rather cash truck it's more of an ensemble than you'd think than
a straight ahead action vehicle for statham at one point the film circles back to portray a gang of
thieves that are war vets being led by jeffrey donovan's character former soldiers they've all
been saddled with menial jobs and decide to use their skills to take down scores giving this a
heat-like vibe at times although thematically it's probably closer to den of thieves albeit better
scott eastwood is the crew's trigger happy hot head a solid change of pace for an actor often
dismissed as a pretty boy the rest of statham's cash truck crew also gets a lot of material to
chew on with holt mcclaney as bullet an affable old pro whereas josh hartnett in an impressive
turn plays boy sweat dave the team's tough guy who of course turns out to be anything but once
the [ __ ] goes down raised by wolves breakout nehemiah algar is the team's sole female member
who like the guys adopts a hyper macho persona to fit in it all builds to a massive third act action
sequence that's probably the best pure action filmmaking richie's ever done with it also getting
a bit of a satiric bent with all the cash shock employees suddenly overcome with this machismo
that results in an all-out bloodbath that's impressive to behold all that aside wrath of man
is an impressive piece of work from ritchie that likely will get a mixed reaction as some will just
dismiss it as a quickie actioner thematically i think there's a lot more going on here than meets
the eye and i'm curious to how rich he's going to top himself with his next jason statham team up
five eyes while it's a touch lengthy at about two hours richie makes the most of the extended
running time fleshing out the ensemble action fans will have to wait a bit for the hardcore carnage
to kick in but once it does oh it's worth the wait i give this flick an entertaining 8 on 10.
it's his son his only son
i need to know is responsible i'll kill my son
we've deployed large amounts of time money and effort in the search for justice not good enough
it's gotta be an inside job you're gonna have to go undercover there's an army truck driver
we have a new edition may i introduce h
cash trucks can be dangerous
who is this [ __ ] lunatic what
did you work for suck my [ __ ] dick what did you say i said
we need a different approach boss it's not any of the usual suspects
what do you want me to do i can do it in two weeks what do you want to wish you could do in 20 years
you're gonna give me a name i need a face i want you to understand what's yourself not serious i am
when i do bury grudge
if he's not a cop what is he he's a dark [ __ ] spirit
lunatic
pick the bags up throw them in the back of the truck
are we good number one are we good
get out there and keep crushing it
great thank you
bob open the gate kill me get down
when he's when he's got that under control he looks over there just following to see what he's
kick it to me kick it to me kick it to
me
ladies and gentlemen we have a new addition h portico security
specialized in cash trucks across la do you have any idea how dangerous this job can be
yeah we ain't the predators we're the prey
you ready ready
this is your temporary sidearm what happens if we're pulling
pistols in the machine gun fine do you have a problem i don't know do i
it's a 10 grand drop you should have been back five minutes ago
they're serious leave this to me get in the truck next time sorry pal
it doesn't feel right it's like he wants trucks to get hit
he's not a cop but if he's not a cop what is he
a while back we lost two cars a civilian too there was an investigation
they still haven't found a scum who did it
you're in an accident you love my son he didn't make it i need to not kill my son
a tree has been shook and it's been shook hard
we've scorched earth
you started by saying you do anything what i'm hearing is you think you've done everything
i can see it's gonna be a long night
it's gotta be an inside job
i can do it in two weeks
you only wish you could do in 20 years on a dudebury grudge
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