Wrath of Man (2021)

Wrath of Man (2021)

 

3/10

 Starring

Jason Statham

Holt McCallany

Jeffrey Donovan

Josh Hartnett

 

Directed by Guy Ritchie

 

To get this out of the way, this movie is based on the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur. There are some changes here and there, but now that’s out of the way, let me summarize: this movie is absolutely one of the worst things you can watch. It’s unnecessarily long and tries to cram as much as possible into a thin plot. The story is all over the place, with something happening in almost every scene. I had to double-check to make sure this is a Guy Ritchie film and not some rip-off. Surprisingly, Ritchie wrote, directed, and produced this film—but it feels like he’s forgotten how to make movies.

There’s no depth here, and the film seems overly proud of its suspense and the poorly developed character Hill (Jason Statham). The only redeeming quality about Hill is that he doesn’t talk much—because when he does, his lines are so cringeworthy you’ll wish you could reach into the screen and slap him.

The plot introduces us to Hill, who just got a new job at an armored truck company. The movie wastes no time, starting with a quick intro and diving straight into the action. The opening scene focuses on an armed robbery of an armored truck, showing us how dangerous the job is.

I’ll give the movie one thing: it gets to the point quickly. However, you probably won’t like Hill. His overconfident, silent macho-man persona is more irritating than captivating.

During one of Hill’s runs, his armored truck is attacked. Bullets are flying everywhere, but of course, Hill kills all the bad guys with perfect aim. He’s like the fastest gun in the West, never missing a shot, while somehow dodging every bullet aimed at him. At this point, the movie starts to feel like a failed B-movie. There’s even a scene where Hill casually walks after a fleeing man, catches up to him, and kills him—because apparently, tough bad guys never break a sweat.

We eventually discover that Hill is actually a bad guy in his own right, infiltrating the company for his own personal agenda. Tragedy struck when a team of armed robbers attacked an armored truck while Hill was with his son. Hill stepped away to buy something, leaving his son to witness the entire robbery—and his son ended up getting killed.

Now, Hill is on a revenge mission.

One thing that didn’t make sense to me was the hostility Hill faced as a newcomer. Right from the start, his coworkers seemed to hate him for no reason. There’s even this ridiculous line: “We ain’t the predators... we the prey,” which is apparently meant to justify their baseless animosity toward him on his first day.

All in all, this movie is not worth your time. It’s poorly written, poorly executed, and a complete waste of two hours. Make better use of your time—skip this one.