Film Review – Wrath of Man

After crawling through a trilogy of creative misfires, including the 2019 remake of “Aladdin,” director Guy Ritchie found his footing again with 2020’s “The Gentlemen.” The picture played to his strengths, depicting bad guys doing bad things with icy demeanors and paragraphs of dialogue, but “The Gentlemen” offered a newly energized Ritchie, who was eager to flex his tough guy muscles again after dealing with Hollywood studios and massive budgets. His return to leathery filmmaking continues with “Wrath of Man,” which is a remake of a 2004 French thriller (“Cash Truck”), bringing a tale of armed robbery and revenge to the streets of Los Angeles, also reuniting with star Jason Statham, marking their first collaboration since 2005’s cinematic chess match, “Revolver.” Ritchie has another puzzling game to play with his leading man, dealing up bad attitudes and brawny dialogue in “Wrath of Man,” and while the movie isn’t an offering of big screen bedlam, it provides an intriguing level of darkness, and Ritchie has a way of bringing out the best in Statham, wisely playing up his mastery of silent intimidation. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com