The latest Guy Ritchie flick “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” has a spine of true story to it, even if it does all it can to amplify a long-declassified WWII tale with enough dead Nazis to make “Inglourious Basterds” blush
Henry Cavill leads a ragtag group on an unlikely mission in this shaggy, exaggerated account of Operation PostmasterGuy Ritchie’s inevitable graduation from London to Hollywood has had its moments – the rambunctious zip of the first Sherlock Holmes, the stylish homoeroticism of The Man from UNCLE – but it soon felt as if the once electrifying film-maker had been swallowed up by the system. A middling Sherlock sequel, a pointless King Arthur non-starter and a soulless Aladdin remake seemed like...
Storming into theaters this weekend to play alongside murky, politically fraught films like Civil War, there’s something comfortingly simple and familiar about a historical action flick dedicated entirely to coming up with ways to kill Nazis. From Inglorious Basterds to last year’s Sisu, it’s a subgenre that’s existed for decades—and Guy Ritchie is finally throwing his hat in the Nazi-stomping ring with The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare. But while its loquacious title may promise an action...
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Guy Ritchie, the mind behind “The Gentlemen,” returned with another soon-to-be classic war flick, collaborating with “Top Gun” producer Jerry Bruckheimer to bring “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” to the big screen. The film, released on April 19, features a star-studded cast, including Henry Cavill, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza González of “Baby Driver,” Hero Fiennes Tiffin,
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, 2024. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Til Schweiger, Henry Zaga, Roger Snipes, Danny Sapani, Freddie Fox, Olaf Kayhan, Mert Dincer, Ethel von Brixham, Fisher Stevens, Carlos Bardem, James Wilby, Matthew Hawksley, Matthew Hawksley, […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you...
The purveyor of British gangster sagas goes upscale for his Inglourious Basterds knockoff, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
A Point A to Point B mission that comes down to wisecracking blokes shooting Nazis.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ReviewGuy Ritchie has always known how to perfectly blend action and humor, which is still true in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. This film boasts an incredible cast and tells an often exciting story that is based on the recently declassified files of the British War Department. However, it isn’t […]
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Guy Ritchie’s latest, the cumbersomely titled “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” is at once his “Inglourious Basterds” and his “Dunkirk.” With his adaptation of the 2016 nonfiction book “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops” by historian and war reporter Damien Lewis, Ritchie borrows Quentin Tarantino’s winking postmodern retro style to pay homage to real-life British war heroes with the same reverence...
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