Wrath of Man review – Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham reunite in punchy thriller
But the simultaneously steep ascents came at a price. Stathamâs shtick, often brilliantly subverted for comic effect (see: Spy), was also wearing thin when broadened out (see: The Meg), while Ritchieâs initial vigor had dulled with each project bigger than the last, with the anyone-could-have-directed-this anonymity of Aladdin feeling like a tipping point. His follow-up, 2020âs uneven comedy The Gentlemen, was an attempt to revisit former glories yet with a slicker skillset, and thereâs a similar marriage of grit and gloss with his latest, bullish action thriller Wrath of ...