2024 • Lionsgate
Rated: R
Length: 2 hrs
Action ~ Adventure ~ Comedy ~ Historical Drama ~ Thriller ~ True Story ~ War
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel and Guy Ritchie.
Actors: Henry Cavill, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Babs Olusanmokun and Eiza González.
NO RULES. NO REGRETS. JUST VICTORY
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The Book
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) is based on the book Churchill’s Secret Warriors by Damien Lewis published June 4, 2015.
When France fell to the Nazis in 1940, Churchill declared that Britain would resist the advance of the German army. Churchill commanded the Special Operations Executive to secretly develop a very special kind of military unit that would operate on their own initiative deep behind enemy lines. The very first of these “butcher-and-bolt” units, Maid Honour Force, was led by Gus March-Phillipps and a bloodthirsty young Danish warrior, Anders Lassen. Amped up on amphetamines, these assorted renegades and sociopaths undertook the very first of Churchill’s special operations–a top-secret, high-stakes mission to seize Nazi shipping in the far-distant port of Fernando Po, in West Africa.
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) – Review
Henry Cavill stars as Major Gus March-Phillips who is brought out of Military Prison by Brigadier Colin Gubbins “M” and Ian Fleming late 1941 in England during World War II. He is tasked with heading Operation Postmaster, a last resort mission dreamt up by Winston Churchill, “M” and Ian. An unsanctioned secret operation to go to the Spanish island of Fernando Po in Africa, where the Nazi’s are resupplying their U-boats that are decimating the Royal Navy fleet, and destroy the resupply ships.
Accompanied by Irishman Henry Hayes (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), Freddy “The Buzz” “Frogman” Alvarez (Henry Golding), and “The Danish Hammer” Anders Lassen (Alan Ritchson), they sail around the coast of Africa to La Palma Canary Islands where they storm a Nazi Garrison and extract Geoffrey Appleyard (Alex Pettyfer). They then continue on the Swedish fishing Trawler Maid Of Honor to the Spanish port of Fernando Po to destroy the Nazi resupply ships. A suicide mission fraught with perils and unexpected twists and turns. They sail between the British Navy ships on one side who will incarcerate them and the Nazi U-boats on the other that will kill them.
This is based on the true story of the first Black Ops mission ever. The beginnings of Agencies like the Navy Seals, CIA and other world agencies that were spawned to do the dirty work under the radar. Gus March-Phillips was the inspiration for James Bond in Ian Flemings novels. Sir Christopher Lee who starred in and was a consultant on numerous James Bond movies, was a member of The Ministry Of Gentlemanly Warfare in it’s early days. He was also second cousin to Ian Fleming.
Cavill delivers his most charismatic performance since The Man from U.N.C.L.E., channeling that mustached grit with Guy Ritchie flair, while his co-stars, like a sharp-shooting Eiza González and the ever-reliable Alan Ritchson, match his energy beat for beat. Christopher Lee‘s nod to real history adds gravitas, reminding us these men and women changed the course of history.
A thrilling blend of fact, legend, and adrenaline-fueled storytelling, this is one of the best True Story war films of recent years. These men and women helped change the course of history. It’s a fantastic story well told and portrayed by all involved in this movie. I love the True Story Movies and I love this one.
A great adventure!
Well done and highly recommended!
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) – Review by Bobby @ Streaming Movie Night.
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