But these dudes can give credit where it’s due, and when H foils another robbery in ultra-lethal fashion (huh, guess he can shoot after all), he becomes an instant god at the depot. There’s the requisite Tough Chick (Niamh Algar, a standout in HBO’s Raised by Wolves), who shares the locker room and its attitudes with her macho co-workers, and a lot of false bravado from young men who saw two peers killed in a holdup just a few weeks ago. So why is he surprisingly mediocre in his marksmanship and driving tests? What’s this dude hiding?įortico is a workplace full of gratuitous homophobia and belittlement-as-bonding. H’s experience in the field is impeccable - though it all happened overseas, like your high school friend whose “I swear she’s real” girlfriend lived abroad - and you just have to look at him to know he’s fit for the gig.

Statham’s Patrick Hill, soon to be dubbed H by nickname-happy co-worker Bullet (Holt McCallany), enters the film while applying for a new job at Fortico Security, whose trucks often carry as much as $15 million a day. Canceled.Ĭary Elwes on 'MI:7' Production Snags, His Return to Rom-Coms and Standing Firm Against a 'Princess Bride' Reboot If the result keeps the character’s rage on ice a bit too long and never approaches the swaggering appeal of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, most of the director’s old fans will still be grateful he’s not offering them Aladdin II or The Man Who Got U.N.C.L.E. Ritchie’s first team-up with erstwhile leading man Jason Statham - who’s had considerably more success testing his range while nailing down a surefire action-hero persona - in 16 years, it looks like an ideal fit for the actor: Here, he plays a gruff man of mystery who works for an armored-car company while plotting a violent surprise. A dramatic step back from the big, overblown movies that have earned Guy Ritchie occasional box office success but little critical love, Wrath of Man wraps vengeance up in a chronologically twisted robbers-vs-robbers pic.

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