Wrath of Man is a 2021 action thriller heist film directed by Guy Ritchie and is loosely based on the 2004 French film Cash Truck by Nicolas Boukhrief.
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- Wrath of Man is a 2021 action thriller heist film.
- It was directed by Guy Ritchie.
- The script is co-written by him, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies.
- It is loosely based on the 2004 French film Cash Truck by Nicolas Boukhrief.
- It is Ritchie’s fourth directorial collaboration with lead actor Jason Statham.
- Also, it’s the first collaboration since Revolver (2005).
- Statham stars as H, a new cash truck driver in Los Angeles whose thwarting of a robbery leads to his skillset with guns and mysterious past being questioned.
- Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Chris Reilly, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, DeObia Oparei, Eddie Marsan and Scott Eastwood also star.
- Wrath of Man was released in several countries on April 22, 2021
- It was released in the United States on May 7.
- The film has grossed $104 million worldwide.
- It received mixed reviews from critics upon release.
- Critics praised the action sequences but criticized the plot.
- It was announced in October 2019 that Guy Ritchie was writing and directing an English-language remake of the 2004 film Cash Truck
- Holt McCallany joined later in the month
- A vast majority of the interiors, including the Fortico base, were filmed In England.
- The filming location of the armored car company (635 Mateo st LA) was also used as a police station in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie «Red Heat Belushi».
- At early development of this film, Sandra Bullock was attached to star
- The film’s teaser poster is the first to feature the new print logo for MGM (in the form of its monogram minus Leo the Lion) following the studio’s March 2021 rebrand.
- The ringtone in H’s cellphone is Richard Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries,’ Act 3, from the opera ‘The Valkyrie’ (Die Walküre) that is part of ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen.’
- Jan’s apartment is a Harley Davidson Livewire, HD’s first electric bike.
- Vests that the firtigo security wear were made in a factory in Kirriemuir, Scotland
- Also in 2021, Eddie Marsen and Niamh Algar also appeared in Channel 4’s Deceit.
- At the movie’s conclusion, the license plate of the automobile in which Jason Statham is riding has a license plate that reads “211 PCE.” 211 is the California Penal Code for a robbery.
- In the model run through of the heist, all of the cars are portrayed by model cars, except for the Prius, which is a battery.
