Jason Statham, Lean and Mean, Returns in Wrath of Man
Anger of man, dominated by Jason Statham, the action star Ritchie has largely created, finds the director working in a whole different vein.
I love Guy Ritchie's London Gangster Comedy - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; To snatch away; Gentleman - But you wouldn't call them tight.
Man of Chariot, taken largely by action star Richie by Jason Statham, serves the director in a completely different register. It is more like a somber minor-key-concert than a comic opera. A Michael Mann thriller, except for a portrait of a quiet, strongly vengeful Charles Bronson in its center.
Based on a 2004 French film called Le Convoyeur (released in the U.S. under the title Cash Truck), The Wrath of Man relies heavily on the beats developed in Mann's 1995 Heat. But the film, instead of focusing on cops and robbers alike, strikes a balance between two extraordinary professional gangs who loot armored trucks in LA and their victims, security guards who surround large sums of cash. They hawk. All of this amounts to a huge skirmish on Black Friday, when the maximum amount of cash is being carried around. (And Black Friday would be a more disappointing and better title for the film.)
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Statham has proven that he can play a movie entirely with a smack, such as the ludicrously over-the-top transporter and crank movies, but this time he is in a stone-faced and coiled pose "H "Pickup for an armored car company, which is a mysterious novice employee who attacks." No to create so much skepticism, despite intentionally postponing some off his trials, that is. . Well, he is Jason Statham, & he is clearly not included in this crew of Paul Blarts. It takes a long time for Richie to slowly unveil who H really is and what his motivations are, so I am not far off. Explain that H is angry about something, & does not give up until his anger is inflicted on various men, especially (an undisciplined rudder who ruins every carefully planned heir, & This time he played with Scott Eastwood).
Richie's previous films are so jockeyy and whimsical and loose, & the danger of being swept away by wild comic tangents, which causes him to impress the Man of Wrath is a big surprise. It is a taut suspension, which is more than half an hour longer than the 90-minute mid-seventies drive-in films that inform it. As H grows in stature within his security company and leads to a deadly goal for the audience, Richie focuses solely on the threat and the move, much of a musical score (by Christopher Benstead) Supports, who are unaware that it could have been used. a horror film.
With its chronological leap, Man of Chariot has some experience of Steve McQueen's widows, & with its heroic black-eyed determination, it recalls S. Craig Zahler's drag echo as concrete. Instead of the usual, & usually delightful, stylistic slang Ritchie favors in his scripts (this time written with Evan Atkinson & Marn Davis), the dialogue this time is much less showy, much like this para-down Clint Eastwood or Chuck Norris vehicle of tough-guy patron. "Let me buy a beer," H tells an annoying man at a bar. "Just make sure you drink it over there." As with a Bronson or Eastwood character, H may be an admirable shooter, but the only superpower he really possesses is his fearlessness. That, and the ability to withstand pain.
Statham is excellent - how long is he otherwise? - Despite doing much less verbally than usual. In some scenes when he gets to speak, he counts his words. When he delivers the line, "You need to understand how resourceful & serious I'm," he is unlikely to leave anyone, doubting the applicability of those adjectives. & when he says, "I know who you love." & I bear a gratitude, "that" yes, mister.
Although it is a solid, intense effort, Man's Wrath covers some well-worn narrative paths, & as a result it is not one of Richie's best. Since Richie is not going to laugh, but for patience, the most important aspects of such a film are the empagues with which the action sequences are staged & the cleverness of the scripting that works in ways to avoid impossible situations for H. is. On both counts, the film does fine, but none better than this. Letch of the to the very clever century style is also typical for Richie's desire. The list of ingredients for this film is brief, & it goes like this: meat, potatoes.