Saw this last night. It was a fun little Guy Ritchie movie based on an actual historical event (more on that later) early in World War 2.
It tells of an unsanctioned mission (Operation Postmaster) to blow up a cargo ship full of U-Boat parts and supplies in an effort to reduce the U-Boat menace in the Atlantic and allow convoys from the US to reach England. The problem is the cargo ship is docked (and supported) in a Spanish port and any mission to this port would be a breach of Spanish neutrality. In reality,
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Henry Cavill was a bit over-the-top as Major Gus March-Phillips who was an actual founder of one of the British Army Commando units which were the forerunners of the modern Special Air Service. Cavill looks like he's having a blast even if the mayhen of the movie doesn't quite match the more subdued reality of the actual mission.
However it's Alan Ritchson (Reacher in the Amazon series) as Anders Lassen that really grabs your attention. Lassen was also a true figure in the Postmaster mission. Alan exudes charisma and charm as he merrily punctures and lacerates a parade of Nazis. He very much Guy Ritchie's his way through this movie.
Other historical figures in the mission are Major Geoffrey Appleyard (Alexander Pettyfer) and Captain Graham Hayes (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) though he is renamed to Henry Hayes in the film.
Rounding out the operatives you have Marjorie Stewart (Eiza González) as the femme fatale who
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Based on a couple of books; Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation POSTMASTER: The Untold Top Secret Story and Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII the movie jumps from liberty to liberty while loosely following the actual story of the mission.
It's very much got the Guy Ritchie feel in both action and characters and was a fun little romp with a wink and a nod to history, I don't think it has the staying power of some of Ritchies earlier films tho. I think this is one of those movies that is fun to watch once, maybe twice, and then quickly forgotten.
Six out of eight tentacles. We enjoyed it but at the end, neither of us felt particularly wow'd.
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