Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
- Released:
- Runtime: 114 minutes
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Thrillers
- Stars: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Hugh Grant, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone, Max Beesley, Eddie Marsan, Eugenia Kuzmina, Peter Ferdinando, Lourdes Faberes, Sam Douglas, Oliver Maltman, Sinan Yildiz, Vincent Wang, Kaan Urgancıoğlu
- Director: Guy Ritchie
Comments
- Ere-i-am - 7 May 2024
Made up of bits and pieces that he picked up here and there
Guy Ritchie is a naughty little magpie picking up shiny bits and pieces from other movies to put in the nest of Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. The main premise of the plot is lifted straight from Goldfinger, and the epilogue scene is a pastiche of the ending of Get Shorty. Hugh Grant changes only his character's name and clothes, but otherwise plays his lines virtually identically to his role as Fletcher in The Gentlemen. The beyond-belief computer hacking and electronic wizardry continues a long tradition of such nonsense in these super-spy movies, and the teams of villains are familiar stock characters from Ritchie's stable. If you've got nothing better to do for a couple of hours, it's mildly entertaining, but only worth the money if you're streaming it free of additional charge from your service. - Harry_Pamiaqui - 21 December 2023
Straight-forward spy-action-adventure
Here for the entertainment, not the criticism. In fact, I don't know if the bad reviews are right or not and it doesn't matter, I'm here for the entertainment and that's what I had, entertainment. Interesting from start to finish, no time wasted on whining or love affairs but straight-forward spy-action-adventure, as expect from an action movie. Hartnett, Malone, Elwes, Hugh Grant and Statham were all solid performances. One more opportunity to observe the talent and radiant beauty of Audrey Plaza and her simplicity. It is proven once again that it is not the script, nor the director nor the rest of the cast, but Audrey's control of the scene, versatility and charisma that makes her unique. - trinaboice - 27 October 2023
Hugh Grant steals the show.
IN A NUTSHELL: In the film, super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant). Reluctantly teamed with some of the world's best operatives (Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone), Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnett) to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.
The film was directed and written by Guy Ritchie with additional writing help from Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies.
THINGS I LIKED: I always get a kick out of Guy Ritchie movies. He's great at providing action, humor, stunning locations, stylish costume design, money and more money, and entertaining characters.
The fantastic cast includes Jason Statham, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Eddie Marsan, and Peter Ferdinando. They all look like they're having a blast, which always makes it more fun for audiences.
Hugh Grant steals the show. If you enjoy him in this, check him out in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves! Hilarious!
LOTS of visual and spoken humor with amusing and oh-so-cool banter between characters. They're snarky, cool, and extremely amusing.
I'm a huge fan of Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride, so I loved that there is an Easter egg for fans of that movie in the scene where he and Jason Statham's character talk about swiping hotel keys.
"Ruse de guerre" is French for "ruse of war" but also means "combat trickery" and "war cunning." Parts of the movie were filmed in Turkey, Qatar, and England.
Plenty of entertaining action sequences, although not as many as typical Guy Ritchie films.
If you enjoy this, you'll be happy to know that sequels are expected.
Keep watching during the final rolling credits for another scene.
THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: The plot is simple and easy to follow. Some critics are complaining it's too simple, yet messy.
The release of the movie was put on hold because one of the bad guys in the story is Ukrainian. Too soon?
Some of the action sequences look like they're from video games.
While audiences are enjoying this spy flick, critics are hating on it.
TIPS FOR PARENTS: Lots of profanity, including F-bombs Sexual innuendoes Talk of a homosexual relationship.
! - antoniotierno - 11 January 2023
an effective routine film
There are a lot of pieces to set in place before Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre can really get effective, leaving the first act to drown in a lot of heavy exposition requiring a sharp focus from an audience. It's not so complicated to hurt your brain, but if you prefer your action movies to be vapidly simple, this one might not be for you. Regardless, it's admirable that Guy Ritchie wants to give some depth to his characters and plot before shifting the focus on the deliciously silly chaos we all know is coming.
Once the director has all his players in line, the fun really begins. It's really just a filmmaker on auto-pilot doing what he does at his best. Well-crafted action set pieces and very good choreographed fight sequences in a series of extravagant international locations, seeming to be where the most of the budget has gone. The action isn't quite on the same scale as something you'd found in the other chapters of the James Bond, Mission: Impossible, and Fast & Furious franchises, so don't head into this one expecting a true blockbuster. Ritchie prefers to focus on the zippy comedy of his screenplay. - raven-11881 - 6 January 2023
Solid Action-Thriller without much depth
This afternoon I spontaneously went to see "Operation Fortune" in the cinema. Here is my spoiler-free review:
This is once again a typical Guy Ritchie film. You just notice his signature, in a mostly positive sense.
The story is relatively simple, but in places it is told in an unnecessarily complicated way. I found that better in "The Gentlemen" and "Cash Truck". The former has a more complex story with some twists and turns and more suspense, but without being complicated. The latter, on the other hand, is kept very simple and is also told in a relatively straightforward manner. In "Operation Fortune", on the other hand, some dialogues are strung together very quickly, so that I sometimes couldn't keep up with the many names and changes of location. That was a bit too fast for me. I hardly had time to think and let my thoughts run free. I'm not quite sure, but in my memory two or three situations didn't make direct sense and it seemed illogical how the characters behaved in those situations. Emotions are also very rare here in the plot. In any case, I couldn't really sympathize.
This brings us to the characters: They all remain pretty pale and it's really only about the direct situational action. You don't really learn much more about any of the characters. They are quite stereotypical. Hugh Grant's character is the best, I think, because he plays his role very well and somehow he seems much more tangible and interesting than the others. In general, he steals the show when he's in the picture. Wonderful! Jason Statham plays his cool and tough agent character as usual. But that's all there is to it. It's also nice to see Josh Hartnett in a bigger movie again. His role is that of an actor and he is the one who always tries to be witty, but he is also the "coward" of the film. Then there is Aubrey Plaza as Sarah Fidel. She is the intelligent one of the agent troop and shows the men again and again that she can do more than they give her credit for. Finally, there is Bugzy Malone as JJ Davies. He is also an agent and he is the quiet type and sniper who acts more from ambush. But he also remains very pale. All in all, the characters don't develop much and everyone plays his role here and remains trapped in this corset from beginning to end without breaking out of it, which is kind of a pity because I couldn't build up an emotional connection to any of the characters.
The action scenes are solid, but often they are hardly shown, as if there had been a lack of budget. But the hand-to-hand fights with Jason Statham are fun as always, even if he's a bit too good for me, because he never really gets hit himself. He can have a few more weaknesses.
The CGI effects are good and if I'm not mistaken, many scenes were shot directly on real locations, which I liked.
The cinematography is solid, the cuts are also okay and didn't stand out to me either positively or negatively.
The humor in the film is well measured and mostly manifests itself in dry sarcasm and a few quips, which I liked.
The music didn't strike me as particularly positive or negative.
Overall, "Operation Fortune" is a solid, good-looking action-agent thriller that follows in the footsteps of Mission: Impossible, but can never reach its class. A viewing is worthwhile, however, and you will definitely get your money's worth, if you don't set your expectations too high. However, you shouldn't expect the class and style of "The Gentlemen". "Operation Fortune" will certainly not stay in my memory for a very long time. But since I was well entertained and could easily overlook the weaknesses, I award a solid
7/10 points - Low rewatch value.
