The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

In 1940, Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming form a clandestine combat organization for Britain's military that changes the course of World War II and prefigures the modern black ops unit through its unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis.

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  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, History, War
  • Stars: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Henry Zaga, Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Til Schweiger, Fisher Stevens, Danny Sapani, Freddie Fox, Carlos Bardem, Olaf Kayhan, Mert Dincer, Roger Snipes, Ethel von Brixham, Rory Kinnear, James Wilby
  • Director: Guy Ritchie
 Comments
  • utopianengineer - 29 June 2024
    Boring propaganda
    A classical British war propaganda that reminds you of films production of totalitarian political regimes desperate to alter the historical narrative of how desperate they were at a point of time before being rescued.

    This kind of movies along with the currently ongoing political and military conflicts, and the new lows the British and the western media machine is reaching everyday makes me feel as if the Allies know that their narrative isn't entirley coherent and they need to continuously support it with lots of activities like this movie and the exaggerating D day celebrations.

    It truly made me start digging in historical materials about the Nazies and listen to their original political idiologies as described by them, not by their enemies.
  • annog - 18 June 2024
    Ministry Of Fashion Victims and Psychopaths.
    Just about every shot, every scene, is more about posing for a fashion shoot than a gripping action picture.

    The cast is comprised of cheerful (but clothing conscious dupes). Serial killers who rejoice in murder and mutilation.

    Imagine a cast of Jeffrey Dahmers with an expensive wardrobe. These are the pyschopaths put forward as heroes in T. M. O. U. W.

    It becomes difficult to figure out who to root for. The German enemy are terrible and murderous, but the film champions people who are much worse. They express contiuously about their love of killing while commiting sadistic acts. And what acts they do commit.

    Anders: "I'm not leaving until I have a barrel full of Nazi hearts."

    And the non muderous dialog, that is to say anything that does not touch on the love of killing is inane and preposterous.

    Marjorie Stewart: It's one thing taking over the world, but do they have to take over the kitchen too? It's all sausage, cabbage and black bread.

    Heron: We're between a rock and a hard place. If the Brits win the war, we're stuck with fish and chips. If the Germans win the war, we're stuck with this menu.

    Guy Ritchies money making ability maybe working, but his days of respected films are well behind him.
  • decoyo - 9 June 2024
    Big disappointment
    So I am a fan of Guy Ritchie. But with this one he fails miserably.

    The story itself is more than enough to make a good, even amazing story. But in the end it is not-impressive below average movie.

    The nazis gave little to no resistance (even a stormtroopers in Star Wars are harder to kill). The danish guy looked like space traveller from late 90s who came to kill. Geoffrey Appleyard who is portrayed as one of the most important figures in the beginning, played almost no part later.

    The main villain was a cliche, the female agent was a cliche. Basically there was no tension during the whole movie. The good guys did everything with ease, so I felt no suspense at all.

    If you really want to see amazing story for WW2, do watch Rogue Heroes. It is clever, fun, and more realistic.
  • boblipton - 2 June 2024
    Naughty, Naughty Heroes
    Ian Fleming is dragged out of prison to form a group to attack and destroy a U-Boat refitting and supply station on Fernado Po in neutral territory.

    It's basically the origins of the Special Operations Executive, an outfit that specialized in unsanctioned and unsanctionable 'dirty tricks' during the Second World War, as filtered through the tastes of director Guy Ritchie, out to satisfy his itch to direct a James Bond or Mission Impossible movie. It offers a very World-War-Two-era view, with nasty Nazis, and good-looking leading men and ladies, playing characters with the same names as the actual people who did these dirty deeds. Ritchie's cameraman and editor offer a deliberate pace and a series of formal shots during the most chaotic sequences of death and destruction. This gives it at times a plodding pace and at times a sardonic sense of humor. With Henry Cavill, Eliza Gonzalez, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and Cary Elwes as Winston Churchill -- not all of them, just Elwes.