Wrath of Man

Wrath of Man is a 2021 action thriller film[4] directed by Guy Ritchie, who co-wrote it with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies.

Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Chris Reilly, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, DeObia Oparei, Eddie Marsan, and Scott Eastwood appear in supporting roles.

In the film, H (Statham) is a new cash-truck driver in Los Angeles, whose thwarting of a robbery leads to his skillset with guns and mysterious past being questioned.

The story opens in Los Angeles, California, where an armored-truck robbery leaves two guards and a bystander dead, which sets off a series of events told in four acts.

Hill barely passes firearm training and gets off to a rocky start with his colleagues, including “Boy Sweat” Dave and Dana Curtis.

During a pickup, Bullet is taken hostage and Hill convinces a panicked Dave to comply with the robbers before he disposes of the entire crew with expert marksmanship and merciless efficiency.

Revealed to be a thief himself, who was working with a robbery crew, Hill grudgingly agrees to monitor an armored truck's route, leaving Dougie in the car.

Three weeks later, Hill wakes up in the hospital and meets with King, who gives him a list of suspects and agrees to temporarily turn a blind eye.

Hill is revealed to be Mason Hargreaves, a notorious crime lord; he is promised that he will be allowed to avenge Dougie's death and summarily kill the robbers if he can bring down all of them at once.

Accordingly, and determined to find Dougie’s killer, Hargreaves and his men – led by Mike, Brendan, and Moggy – kill nearly every thief on King's list of known armored-truck burglars, without results.

Some time before the opening scene's robbery, a group of disgruntled Afghanistan veterans – Carlos, Sam, Brad, Tom, Jan, and their former sergeant Mike Jackson – decide to become thieves.

In October 2019, Guy Ritchie was announced as writing and directing an English-language remake of the 2004 film Cash Truck, with Jason Statham set to star.

The site's critics consensus reads, "Wrestling just enough stakes out of its thin plot, Wrath of Man sees Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham reunite for a fun, action-packed ride.

[19] Alonso Duralde of the TheWrap wrote: "Ritchie's reunion with leading man Jason Statham delivers the scheming, the shooting, and the swearing that the director's fans have come to expect, by the bucketload.

"[26] Writing for Variety, Peter Debruge said: "A few years ago, when Sam Mendes left the Bond franchise, Ritchie's name was floated as a possible replacement.

"[27] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing: "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.

"[28] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com was enthusiastic, rating it four stars out of four (the highest grade on the site), with him calling it "one of [Guy] Ritchie's best-directed movies – and one of his most surprising, at least in terms of style and tone.