Wrath of Man
United Artists Releasing | Release Date: May 7, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
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15
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMay 6, 2021
The completeness and sureness of the movie’s aesthetic is a joy to behold, even when the images capture human beings doing savage things. You don’t really root for anyone in this film. They are criminals engaged in contests of will. But the film is not a value-neutral exercise. There is an undertone of lament to a lot of the violent action. Read full review
88
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMay 6, 2021
Wrath of Man isn’t as blatantly funny as “The Gentlemen” is, though it has its laughs, but it is taut and exhilarating without a single wasted moment. Read full review
83
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMay 6, 2021
Ritchie pulls together an impressively determined thriller that sticks. Ideal for both a certain generation of viewer who gets excited when hearing the line, “We’ve got eight weeks of recon” and for those who will watch absolutely anything starring Statham (hi!), Wrath of Man is the best, bloodiest surprise of the year so far. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlan NgMay 25, 2021
It might be a typical Guy Ritchie film and loaded with every cliché in the book, but it’s still fun. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredMartin CarrMay 6, 2021
Wrath of Man is a slick action thriller from writer director Guy Ritchie, where retribution is only half the story. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleMay 10, 2021
Wrath of Man may soon occupy the same rarified air as Joe Carnahan’s The Grey, another film anchored by an aging action star that promised revenge and delivered something more. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 6, 2021
If Wrath of Man has a weakness, it’s that even when everything is explained, it doesn’t quite make sense. But a movie like this is about pleasure in the moment, and on that score, it delivers. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchKatie WalshMay 6, 2021
Wrath of Man feels like a homecoming for director and star, and an evolution, too. With Statham in the lead, playing one of his classically taciturn and tactically lethal action heroes, Ritchie is as restrained and controlled as he’s been in years. Read full review
70
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMay 6, 2021
Ritchie’s reunion with leading man Jason Statham delivers the scheming, the shooting, and the swearing that the director’s fans have come to expect, by the bucketload. Read full review
70
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiMay 6, 2021
The film balances multiple storylines with intense action sequences and, despite pacing issues, packs a major punch that will keep audiences riveted. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 6, 2021
Ritchie reveals crucial story points with clever time-juggling editing, and keeps up the tension well into the movie’s climax, which delivers exactly what the viewer will have come to hope for. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 6, 2021
Like the H character, Wrath of Man walks into the room confident and secure in its abilities, professional, efficient and potentially lethal. All of this is best experienced in a movie theater, if possible. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMay 6, 2021
Wrath is also fun, after a fashion, only with the grim undercurrent of a movie more interested in generating violence than truly motivating it. This is especially true in the second half, when Ritchie offers solutions to a mystery that never really had any viable suspects. Read full review
67
The Film StageDan MeccaMay 6, 2021
At under two hours, however, the pulpy entertainment is welcome, including a bevy of twists that recall the recent (and slightly better) Den of Thieves. Read full review
63
Washington PostPat PaduaMay 6, 2021
But this is Statham’s show, and his stoic brutality makes this a captivating slow burn. Read full review
63
The Associated PressMark KennedyMay 6, 2021
Wrath of Man finds Ritchie in a moody midlife mood, his urge to be quirkily unpredictable now contained, even as his camera still swings around, going backward, ahead or soaring above. There is menace, a dull darkness and stillness, as if he’s watched “Heat” too many times. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 6, 2021
Cacophony eventually takes over Wrath of Man, stranding the actors in the process. Except, that is, for Jason Statham, who’s by now a master of presiding over Guy Ritchie’s gleeful chaos. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 6, 2021
Wrath of Man passes muster for its mayhem and mise en scene, a good-looking but unfussy film that may not work its flashbacks in as gracefully as you’d like, breaks into “chapters” that do nothing for its flow, yet makes its violence and vengeance as grimly gripping and visceral as any Ritchie had put on the screen. Read full review
62
Paste MagazineJacob OllerMay 6, 2021
The film is better at punching the clock than punching the bad guys. To that end, it’s an honest day’s work from Ritchie and Statham, but not an especially entertaining one. Read full review
60
The TelegraphEd PowerDec 9, 2021
With Statham literally riding shotgun, Ritchie has binned any pretence at subtlety and goes back to basics with an bullet-strewn romp that kicks down the door first and asks questions later. And which is, in the end, nothing more than an excuse for its star to punch as many villains as possible. Read full review
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenDec 9, 2021
Guy Ritchie delivers a nice surprise: an LA neo-noir with high-voltage action and an ice-cube-cool Statham. If it gets a bit tangled up in its time-hopping reveals, it’s largely 
an enjoyable, rattlesnake-mean thriller. Read full review
60
Time OutDave CalhounMay 18, 2021
It’s not wildly original, but it’s steely and stylish, and as a story it has a ruthless streak to it that’s weirdly appealing. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsMay 10, 2021
Statham is always worth watching. But it’s in its closing scenes that this particular vehicle, Wrath of Man, earns its keep. Read full review
60
IGNMatt FowlerMay 10, 2021
Wrath of Man has plenty of anger and action, and it's at its intriguing best when the entire story gets sorted out and all the players are on the board, but it stumbles at being a time-release mystery. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeMay 6, 2021
Ritchie mostly moves his mixed bag of pieces around the board with flair, showcasing his well-rehearsed knack for gnarly violence and chaos, giving us a sinewy B-movie that warrants a watch on a screen bigger than the one in our homes, another welcome shot of adrenaline for us and for the industry. I’m craving my next dose already. Read full review
58
Vanity FairRichard LawsonMay 6, 2021
It’s all pleasingly robust and cinematic, if fleeting. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyMay 25, 2021
Both a heist film and a revenge story, Ritchie’s Wrath of Man is the cinema equivalent of a hollow-point bullet. It’s not weighty, but it causes a lot of destruction. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 10, 2021
The concept of conflating a heist film with a revenge thriller would seem to have a lot of promise. The problem with Wrath of Man is that, although both aspects are apparent, neither is well-crafted. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 6, 2021
While there’s no denying the picture’s ferocious forward momentum and skilful execution, the empty swagger leaves the whole enterprise feeling a bit mechanical — a heist without the faintest whiff of escapist pleasure. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 6, 2021
One unfortunate effect of the jumbling is that it cools off Statham’s slow-boil performance, and prompts us to question the logic behind H’s plan. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 6, 2021
Tired, uninspired and meandering, Wrath of Man is a step backward for Ritchie, a step sideways for the stoic-for-life Jason Statham (reteaming with Ritchie for the first time in 16 years) and a misstep for anyone who invests their time and money on 118 minutes of such convoluted and forgettable nonsense. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMay 6, 2021
The ultimate sin of Wrath of Man is that it doesn’t realize it’s really a story about pride. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattMay 6, 2021
Wrath is just another loose bag of lizard-brain thrills and wood-block dialogue: too ugly to be camp, too grimly familiar to feel new. Read full review
40
CNNBrian LowryMay 6, 2021
Taken on its terms, the movie isn't terrible strictly as mindless escapism. But beyond the most basic, visceral thrills, Wrath of Man's bitter fruit yields a slim harvest. Read full review
38
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenMay 10, 2021
Wow, when this thing eventually curdles, it really curdles into something rank. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrMay 6, 2021
Even the gunplay, of which there is plenty, feels secondhand. Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMay 7, 2021
Wrath of Man could have been salvaged had it delivered on some decent action sequences, but once such sequences come, they tend to be either lifeless or unintelligible or both. Read full review
0
The PlaylistWarren CantrellMay 6, 2021
Hyper-violent and narratively undercooked, the film represents a creative nadir for pretty much everyone involved and manages something even Ritchie usually avoids: boredom. Read full review
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