Monday, May 24, 2021

Wrath of Man

 


Guy Ritchie's latest collab with Jason Statham's "great stone face" adds to the Brits' bulging filmography of bruising, bromosexual caper films that feature an array of thuggish fiends, pulling heists and triggers. Because Ritchie has mastered this turf as well as any has (or perhaps should), the narrative is spiced up with a serpentine timeline and a murky internecine element that isn't fully explained or explored. Still, fan kids don't love Guy or Jason for their minds and will undoubtedly love this quippy, hi-NRG tribute to the evils of greed and the joys of red-meat revenge.

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