Cash Truck

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Cash Truck
Le Convoyeur poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Nicolas Boukhrief
Written by
  • Nicolas Boukhrief
  • Eric Besnard
Produced by Richard Grandpierre
Starring Albert Dupontel
Jean Dujardin
François Berléand
CinematographyDominique Colin
Edited byJacqueline Mariani
Music byNicolas Baby
Production
companies
Canal+
CinéCinéma
Contre Prod
Eskwad
Studio Images 9
Distributed by Mars Distribution
Release date
  • 10 April 2004 (2004-04-10)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.3 million
Box office$2.9 million [1]

Cash Truck (French : Le Convoyeur) [2] is a 2004 French action thriller film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, who co-wrote the script with Eric Besnard. [3] It was remade in English by director Guy Ritchie in 2021 as Wrath of Man .

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Plot

Fear and uncertainty prevail in the money transport company Vigilante. Three of the transports have recently been robbed and the guards killed. The perpetrators were able to escape undetected every time. It always seems to be the same gang. It is clear to the employees that there must be a mole in their company. In addition, the company will soon be bought by a U.S. company in a month. However, it is not yet clear who will be retained and who will lose his job.

In this situation, Alexandre Demarre is hired as a new employee. At first he is watched suspiciously by his colleagues, but when he proves himself in a robbery and fends off the assailants, he is welcomed into the group. His living conditions remain a mystery, however, as he doesn't let anyone get close to him. Alexandre has repeated attacks of epilepsy, but he can hide them well from his colleagues. In his hotel room he has pinned photos and files about the Vigilante employees onto a wall.

A flashback explains the reason for his actions: he and his son accidentally witnessed a robbery on a company money transport. His son was shot in cold blood by a masked perpetrator, while he barely survived the attack. Now he wants to avenge the murder of his son. He promised that to his wife, who has been committed to a psychiatric clinic ever since.

When the gangsters attempt to rob Vigilante's vaults in a final coup, it comes to a big showdown. Alexandre and the loyal staff overwhelm and kill the criminals amidst great carnage. After the battle, Alexandre, seriously injured, drives to the spot where his son was shot and lies down by the roadside to die.

Cast

Remake

In October 2019 it was announced that Guy Ritchie would write and direct an English language remake of the film starring Jason Statham. [4] The remake, titled Wrath of Man , was released on 7 May 2021.

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