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The dark thriller sees Statham play "H", a
mysterious loner who takes up a job at a security firm whose
armoured vehicles transporting valuables have recently been the
target of deadly armed robberies.
With the attacks continuing, it soon transpires "H" is not after
a steady paycheck but rather a skilled marksman seeking revenge
for a personal tragedy.
Statham was working as a model when Ritchie first cast him in
his 1998 movie "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", helping
him launch his film career. The two went on to collaborate on
the 2000 movie "Snatch" and reunited again in 2005 for their
last joint project "Revolver".
Fast forward 16 years, and very little has changed between the
two friends, Statham said.
"The only difference is we're a little older and a little
chubbier ... He called me up about this idea that he had. It was
a very short pitch and I liked the premise. And I was quick to
say 'yes'," Statham told Reuters.
"I thought this would be the perfect story for Jason and I to be
reunited on. It's not funny, this film. It's serious and the
theme is serious and it's very violent, very aggressive. But I
thought it'd be the perfect role for Jason to occupy," Ritchie
added.
For the movie, based on the 2004 French thriller "Le Convoyeur",
Ritchie enlisted an ensemble cast including Josh Hartnett, Scott
Eastwood, Andy Garcia, Eddie Marsan and Holt McCallany. He also
hired U.S. rapper Post Malone for a surprise cameo.
Hartnett, a former Hollywood heartthrob who appeared in early
2000s hits "Pearl Harbor", "Black Hawk Down" and "Lucky Number
Slevin", said he had quietly been keeping busy with other
projects in recent years.
"I've always been sort of making really interesting films. It's
just suddenly Hollywood is taking notice again and I'm getting
offers for bigger films," he said. "It goes in waves.
Hollywood's a weird place and I love it and hate it."
"Wrath of Man" opens in U.S. cinemas on May 7.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala, writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian,
editing by Estelle Shirbon)
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