''Cash Truck'' (french: Le Convoyeur) is a 2004 French
action thriller
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include lif ...
film directed by
Nicolas Boukhrief, who co-wrote the script with Eric Besnard. It was remade in English by director
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films, and the ''Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes'' films starring Robert Downey Jr.
Ritchi ...
in 2021 as ''
Wrath of Man
''Wrath of Man'' is a 2021 heist action thriller film directed by Guy Ritchie, from a script he co-wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, and is loosely based on 2004 French film '' Cash Truck'' written by Nicolas Boukhrief and Éric Besnard, ...
''.
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
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Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-u ...
as Alexandre Demarre
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Jean Dujardin
Jean Edmond Dujardin (; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series ...
as Jacques
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François Berléand
François Berléand (; born 22 April 1952) is a French actor.
He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in ''Le Bureau'', the French version of ''The Office'', produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 fil ...
as Bernard
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Claude Perron
Claude Perron (born 23 January 1966) is a French actress.
Career
Perron appeared in the role of Eva (Nino's colleague) in the 2001 film ''Amélie
''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous D ...
as Nicole
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Philippe Laudenbach
Philippe Laudenbach (born 31 January 1936) is a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1963.
Career
Nephew of Pierre Fresnay (born Peter Laudenbach), Philippe is formed to the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts.
He ...
as The Mummy
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Nicolas Marié
Nicolas Marié is a French actor and writer.
Theater
Filmography
Dubbing
References
External links
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French male film actors
Living people
20th-century French male actors
21st-century Frenc ...
as The Boss
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Julien Boisselier
Julien Boisselier (born 26 May 1970) is a French actor.
Life and career
Boisselier was born and raised in Nantes before moving to Paris to study comedy at Le Cours Florent. He dated acclaimed French actress Mélanie Laurent, though the two ...
as The Weasel
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Alban Lenoir as Gunman
Remake
In October 2019 it was announced that
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films, and the ''Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes'' films starring Robert Downey Jr.
Ritchi ...
would write and direct an English language remake of the film starring
Jason Statham
Jason Statham (; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, hardboiled, gritty, or violent.
Statham began practising Chinese martial arts, kickbox ...
.
The remake, titled ''
Wrath of Man
''Wrath of Man'' is a 2021 heist action thriller film directed by Guy Ritchie, from a script he co-wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, and is loosely based on 2004 French film '' Cash Truck'' written by Nicolas Boukhrief and Éric Besnard, ...
'', was released on 7 May 2021.
References
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2004 thriller drama films
2004 films
French action thriller films
French thriller drama films
Films directed by Nicolas Boukhrief
2004 drama films
2000s French films
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