The director’s latest cool-guy action comedy dismisses the facts to ape much better, more serious classic war films.
Alex Pettyfer, Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Henry Golding in “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” As much as Guy Ritchie’s uber-violent, stakes-free, World War II action comedy caper “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” milks its “based on a true story” bona fides, it’s more akin to the last decade’s glut of slick, cool-guy popcorn pictures than any meaningful retelling of real heroism.
To turbocharge the bro-historic intrigue and get the astronomical body count going in this shoot-’em-up grand theft aquatic, Ritchie must first assemble a ragtag squad of lethal heroes so rascally you know they’ll get the bloody job done. You see, Hitler is marching across Europe, Britain’s in a bind, and Winston Churchill is desperate enough to clandestinely okay a deniable, off-the-books mission.
Off in their own glam spycraft ’n’ subterfuge romp for half the film, they’re two of the more interesting figures in an overstuffed ensemble that includes Eton-educated West African prince Kambili Kalu , who lends his resources “because the Nazis are gauche,” and young wartime secretary Ian Fleming , who must have gotten plenty of 007 inspiration from his wartime stint.Shot on location in Turkey and Britain, the film’s handsome production design is undone by its dull photographic patina.
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