MOVIE REVIEW by Richard Roeper WRATH OF MAN Two stars H ...... Jason Statham Bullet ..... Holt McCallany Boy Sweat Dave ... Josh Hartnett
United Artists Releasing presents a film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, based on the film Le Convoyeur. Rated R (for strong violence throughout, pervasive language, and some sexual references). Running time: 118 minutes. Now showing at local theaters.
During one of the many, many armored-car heist sequences in Wrath of Man, the assailants splatter the windows with black paint, leaving the driver of the vehicle and his partner in the dark, unable to tell what the hell is going on and why.
Wrath of Man : This is Jason Statham s show
Pat Padua, The Washington Post
May 7, 2021
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1of3Jason Statham, left, and Josh Hartnett in Wrath of Man. Metro Goldwyn Mayer PicturesShow MoreShow Less
2of3From left, Holt McCallany as Bullet, Jason Statham as H, Josh Hartnett as Boy Sweat Dave, and Rocci Williams as Hollow Bob in Wrath of Man. Metro Goldwyn Mayer PicturesShow MoreShow Less
3of3 This is a creaky old dinosaur. This girl should have been retired 10 years ago.
That s a doomed security guard talking about a weather-beaten armored car in the latest bloody action film from Guy Ritchie. But it s also an easy opening for Ritchie and actor Jason Statham to flex their aging chops, as if to say, Hey, there s some life in us yet! And by the end of this nearly two-hour crime drama, a remake of the 2004 French thriller Le Convoyeur, the director and star, both in their 50s, seem reinvigorated, albeit at a slower - and more effective - p
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United Artists Releasing presents a film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, based on the film “Le Convoyeur.” Rated R (for strong violence throughout, pervasive language, and some sexual references). Running time: 118 minutes. Now showing at local theaters. Spoiler alert: We don’t. Tired, uninspired and meandering, “Wrath of Man” is a step backward for Ritchie, a step sideways for the stoic-for-life Jason Statham (reteaming with Ritchie for the first time in 16 years) and a misstep for anyone who invests their time and money on 118 minutes of such convoluted and forgettable nonsense. This is the kind of movie where even the poster isn’t consistent with the film itself; the advertising artwork depicts a bruised Statham in a beautifully tailored suit, indicating he might be playing some sort of high-end bodyguard or elite jewel thief or millionaire mercenary, when in fact his character shambles about in Dad
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Jason Statham’s middling thriller offers a few familiar comforts.
This photo could be from any Jason Statham movie, but it s from Wrath of Man.
Sometimes in life, you just want to see Jason Statham shooting people. My last few movie reviews have required me to be quite serious and conscientious indeed, but Statham’s new movie
Wrath of Man promises the comforts of the time before this global plague, when you could watch his shoot-em-up action features in relative security. He’s also reunited with Guy Ritchie, the director whose star rose in tandem with his in