'Wrath Of Man' A Review

Wrath Of Man is an action/revenge movie about a mysterious man H(Jason Statham) who gets a job at an armored car service with ulterior motives. After he swiftly foils an attempted robbery it becomes clear he is looking for someone in particular. There's then an extended flashback flushing out H's backstory then in the third act the group he is looking for is the focus.

Statham has got presence, its undeniable, and it's a treat to see him in all his stoic, almost terminator-esk, glory for the first portion of the story. But the second act which flushes out his character falls flat, despite his efforts and third act, bafflingly abandons him almost entirely. The supporting cast is stacked with serious talent- Holt McCallany(underutilized), Josh Hartnett(virtually unused), Niamh Algar(underutilized)- to name a few, the list goes on. The one glaring error is Scott Eastwood who's bonafides, other than his paterfamilias, are non-existent. The cast is great but they are all almost unilaterally misspent, hamstrung by terrible pacing and a needless non-linear structure.

Visually dark and rich, with uneven action sequences(some great, some boring), and a weird but appealing retro score there's a lot of potential here as there almost always is with writer/director Guy Ritchie but it simply sags after the first, genuinely exciting, 20 minutes into a predictable plod.

1/6 of a great film 5/6 of an incredibly lackluster one.

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