Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre - Guy Ritchie
This is part of my unedited thoughts series
This had some great Guy Ritchie vibes. Reminiscent of Snatch and Lock Stock. Dialogue was key to achieving this.
Aubrey Plaza as Sara, the new communications operative was brilliant. She owned her role and dominated the screen.
Hugh Grant as the villain was also fantastic. We know he is mean – he is nasty – but comes across as charming when we meet him so is almost a caricature of a villain – until the very end.
It’s a pretty basic plot. Something important gets stolen right at the start and no one knows what it is. We just know that it is bad.
Then we are watching the team get put together. The group is led by Carey Elwes, lead from The Princess Bride.
The thing that sets this apart from other spy films like Mission Impossible and Bond is that there is a competing agency team on every operation. So not only are they fighting the bad guys they are also fighting the other good guys.
This starts silly and then shifts to ridiculous until we and the characters learn that the opposing team is trying to steal the McGuffin.
This parallels Hugh’s seeming caricature of a villain until near the end.
The finale is fantastic where Hugh turns villainy up to ten and all the other newbie baddies get shown up. The agents we have been following are great as well. Pitty it was a bit humdrum getting there. Still a very entertaining romp.
