To accelerate the brothers' historic plot and rack up an astronomical body count in this grand theft waterborne shooter, Ritchie first begins with a ragtag squad of deadly (and deadly photogenic) heroes. must be collected. The bloody work is over. As you know, Hitler is marching across Europe, Britain is in trouble, and Winston Churchill (Rory Kinnear, under a pile of his prosthetic legs) is secretly carrying out an off-the-books mission that should be denied. I am desperately trying to make it a success. Luckily, Brigadier General Gubbins (Cary Elwes), the head of the secret Special Operations Executive (SEO) organization, knows the mission's egregious rule-breakers.
Gus March Phillips (Henry Cavill) is the leader of a team of ruthless killers willing to get dirty to sabotage Nazi business off the coast of Africa. His team is Anders Lassen (Alan Ritchson), a Danish hulking man with exaggerated lightness and amazing archery skills. Freddy Alvarez (Henry Golding), a frogman with a talent for explosives. Jeffrey Appleyard (Alex Pettyfer), Master Strategist. and Henry Hayes (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), a cunning young Irish sailor.
They are not in it alone. On the Spanish island of Fernando Po, where the German military is based in neutral territory, SOE agent and slasher actress Marjorie Stewart (Eiza González, who has her own accent, although not always a British one) ) have already been deployed and are tasked with the following tasks: She seduces a sadistic Nazi officer (Til Schweiger) and a quiet secret fixer, Richard Herron (Babus Olusanmokun). His popular casino bar pays subtle homage to Casablanca, with characters sitting in the room uttering some of Humphrey Bogart's most iconic quotes. Cafe.
Half of the film begins with their own glam espionage and subterfuge, but they're not alone in their overstuffed ensemble, which includes Eton-educated West African prince Kambili Kalu (an excellent Danny Sapani); One of the most interesting characters in the series, he lends his resources to the young War Secretary Ian Fleming, who must have drawn a lot of 007's inspiration from his wartime service, “because Nazis are cocky''. Freddie Fox).
The film's excellent production design, shot on location in Turkey and England, is undermined by its dull photographic patina. Costume designer Lulu Bontemps' standout achievement is a stunning replica of Claudette Colbert's 1934 “Cleopatra” cutaway gown, which Stewart wields like a weapon. Christopher Benstead's score ranges from whistling Spaghetti Western motifs to jazzy percussives. However, the story progresses with thin jokes and bloodshed, and lacks character development.
Screenplay by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel and Ritchie, adapted from Damien Lewis' 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of World War II Special Forces is strangely weightless considering it features real-life special forces. The British Special Air Service (SAS) and the forerunners of modern black ops warfare died in combat before the war was over.
If you're coming, come see Cavill sniping hundreds of Nazis with a demented deadpan expression, and Ritchson looking like he's coming out of Gold's Gym and destroying hordes of German enemies with a bow and arrow. Please come. Next, we'll dive into the real history of SOE. The men and women of SOE could fill in dozens more fascinating spy films without dulling the edges of history with whimsical bromantic antics.
R. At area theaters. Strong violence throughout and some language. 120 minutes.