Wrath of Man (2021)
- The original script for Wrath of Man was written over a decade before production finally began in 2021.
- Guy Ritchie originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
Wrath of Man is a 2021 American action thriller directed by Guy Ritchie. Jason Statham stars as H, a mysterious new employee at an armored truck company called Fortico Securities who demonstrates unexpectedly lethal skills when the truck is robbed. As the story unfolds through multiple timelines, it is revealed that H is actually Patrick Hill, a crime lord whose son was accidentally killed during a previous robbery of a Fortico truck, and who has infiltrated the company to identify and systematically destroy the crew responsible.
Guy Ritchie stripped away his trademark humor and stylistic flourishes to create his most coldly violent and structurally ambitious film, employing a Rashomon-like multi-perspective narrative that showed the same events from different angles as the full picture emerged. Jason Statham's performance was his most restrained โ H barely speaks, never smiles, and dispatches enemies with mechanical efficiency. Wrath of Man earned $104 million worldwide on a $40 million budget.
