Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre * * *
This film was due to be released a year ago apparently. But due to the fact that it features Ukrainian villains the distributors thought it might look poor form given the current state of affairs.
Now that it has finally been released, the Ukrainian villains are still in the movie, (albeit in a small way), whilst The Ukraine is still at war, so the delay looks rather pointless.
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| Soon as I finish this cuppa, I'll kill you. |
British Intelligence don't seem to use their own people anymore preferring to hire specialists. Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) works for such a specialist team - and he's the best. Fearless, hard hitting, uncompromising, and happy to kill, even without a license. The team he works for is engaged to find out about a violent robbery that took place where not much more than a briefcase went missing. What's in it that makes it worth so much, and who wants to buy it? The leader of the team (an office man) has also hired a couple of other recruits, including an IT whizz (Aubrey Plaza) and JJ who happens to be very good at hitting and shooting people.
After a few punch-ups and jetting off here and there, and getting frustrated by a rival team who are also after the briefcase, we learn about a middle man who wants to buy it just so he can on-sell it. But what's in it, and to whom is he going to sell it?
To get to the middle man they devise a plan that involves a famous actor who they "persuade' to join them as they know the middleman is starstruck by him.
The dialogue is not as sharp as some of the other Guy Ritchie movies but there's lot of hi-jinx and tense situations. Plus its very glamorous to look at with each location looking like somewhere you'd like to visit if only you could afford it.
It's great to see Hugh Grant getting another gig as the sleazy unconscionable middle man. He's such a charmer it's hard to accept him as creep, but like the wine that Orson Fortune prefers, Grant just seems to get better with age.
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