Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Hugh Grant, Cary Elwes, Eddie Marsan, Bugzy Malone
Guy Ritchie's Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerra is a James Bond-inspired adventure directed by Ritchie with high style and a sly sense of fun. Jason Statham's Orson Fortune (what a name) is after some sort of item (called the Maguffin by Hitchcock and is ultimately irrelevant). One week after seeing Operation Fortune, I believe it was some sort of weaponry which the villains were willing to pay $10 billion dollars for. If I'm not mistaken, it could blow up lots of stuff and a buyer sounds like he is overpaying greatly at $10 billion, but I'm no weapons or missiles expert.
No issue, since the British government has the freelance agent Fortune on the payroll and hires him (with stipulations) to go after the weapon. Fortune allegedly requires special planes and other means because of phobias, but from what I recall, he doesn't exhibit any sort of phobia at any point during the mission. Fortune is under the watchful eye of government bureaucrat Nathan (Elwes), who doesn't play a villain but whose career of playing turncoats and villains makes us wonder if or when he will turn on Fortune. Fortune is teamed with a computer whiz (Plaza), his usual right-hand man JJ (Malone), and they hire famed actor Danny Francesco (Hartnett) to help infiltrate a yacht party thrown by Danny's biggest fan, arms dealer Greg Simonds (Grant), who is brokering the $10 billion deal.
There isn't much here you can't predict in advance, and Operation Fortune exists to be enjoyed at the time of viewing and hastily forgotten without leaving much imprint on the brain. That's meant as a compliment.
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