I Am Wrath

I Am Wrath is a 2016 American vigilante action-thriller film directed by Chuck Russell and written by Yvan Gauthier and Paul Sloan. The film stars John Travolta, Christopher Meloni, Sam Trammell, Amanda Schull, Rebecca De Mornay, Melissa Bolona and Luis Da Silva. Principal photography on the film began on March 9, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. The film was released on December 16, 2016, by Lionsgate, and received mostly negative reviews.

Plot

During a crime wave in Columbus, Ohio, Governor John Meserve gives a press conference. There, protestors ask him about a proposed pipeline. He promises that he has commissioned an independent study of the pipeline.

Vivian Hill, the woman in charge of the study, heads to the airport to pick up her husband Stanley, who has returned from a job interview to manage a factory in California. When they arrive at their car, they notice that one tire is flat. Before Stanley can fix it, a man approaches and asks them for money. When Stanley refuses, another man stuns him with a blow to the head. The first man stabs Vivian and takes her wallet. Stanley watches the men flee.

The police use Stanley's descriptions to capture Vivian's murderer, Charley 'Fly' Lawes. However, even though Stanley identifies Charley in a lineup, the corrupt cops Gibson and Walker let him go. After Vivian's funeral, an enraged Stanley goes home and throws a bible across the room, which opens to the passage in Jeremiah 6:11, "I am filled with the wrath of the Lord." Inspired, Stanley starts to go by the name 'Wrath' and stalks Charley. Returning home, Wrath retrieves a case filled with passports, foreign currencies and weapons. He calls Dennis, a friend from Special Forces, and asks him for information about Charley and his crew. Dennis runs black ops from beneath a barbershop.