Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guere (Strategy of War)
Producer/writer/director Guy Ritchie brings his version of “Mission Impossible” meet “Goldfinger” to the big screen when an unknown high tech device is stolen by persons unknown & to be sold to an unknown highest bidder to do who knows what. The British government assigns Nathan Jasmine (Cary Ewes) to assemble a task force to recover the device. Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) is the main muscle/hand-to-hand combat expert. Sarah Fidel (Aubrey Plaza) is the computer hacker expert/femme fatale. J.J. Davies (Bugzy Malone) is the backup/covert sniper. They track the device to billionaire arms dealer Greg Simmons (Hugh Grant). To crash Simmons’ charity event, they bring along movie superstar Danny Francesco (Josh Harknet) as a diversionary tactic. Along the way they run into stiff competition from a secondary spy operation. All of the actors play their roles excellently in this action comedy spy thriller. It’s funny & fun to watch. The ending points to another assignment but our heroes are in no hurry for the next mission. There is a mid-credit clip of a movie in a movie.
Alien gives it 3 “The Handle” stars out of 4.
