Review – Gangsta Guy (“Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre”)

This movie has an unusual history: originally planned for a January 2022 release, it was pulled from theaters because the main bad guys were Ukrainian! Yikes! It was released (streaming only) overseas last year for a test run, re-edited, and now it’s finally arrived on our shores. Mixing elements of spy movies like 2015’s Spy,…

Review – Hell Hath No Fury Like Statham (“Wrath of Man”)

A remake of the 2004 French film Cash Truck, producer/co-writer/director Guy Ritchie takes a holiday and, instead of putting his usual quirky and off-beat spin in filmmaking, decided to take a different approach with this hard-boiled, gritty, and Rashomon-style crime thriller. Like a jumbled jigsaw puzzle, this non-linear story takes us through several timelines, different…