(THR) Man Ritchie and Jason Statham’s reunion crime flick Wrath of Man is headed to China. The MGM-produced film will open on this planet’s largest theatrical market on Could 10, three days after its North American opening.
Wrath of Man is a remake of the 2004 French movie Money Truck by Nicolas Boukhrief. The movie follows Statham’s H, a “mysterious and wild-eyed new money truck safety guard” who simply so occurs to have professional-level cash-defending abilities when an tried theft transpires. Crammed with vengeance, H is also on the hunt for the folks behind his son’s homicide.
It has been a decade and a half because the duo labored collectively, however Wrath of Man is Ritchie’s fourth directorial collaboration with Jason Statham, following Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Snatch (2000), and Revolver (2005).
Statham haș a robust following in China due to the Quick & Livid franchise, which is one in all Hollywood’s hottest tentpole collection within the nation. His 2018 U.S.-China co-production The Meg, a couple of big prehistoric shark, additionally proved a shock summer season blockbuster within the nation, incomes $153 million there.
Could is shaping as much as be a comparatively busy interval for Hollywood releases in China, after the seemingly limitless fallow interval of the pandemic. The ultimate Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King, is rereleasing on Could 14, adopted by Quick & Livid 9 on Could 21. F&F9 is opening in China a full 5 weeks sooner than North America, the place it would not unfurl till June 25.
Supply: The Hollywood Reporter by Patrick Brzeski