A LARGER-THAN-LIFE WORLD WAR II THRILLER.

In 1941, Prime Minister Churchill orders a team of secret agents led by Gus March-Phillipps (Henry Cavill) to destroy an Italian supply ship on a Spanish-controlled island.

In Guy Ritchie’s hands, this depiction of the real-life Operation Postmaster becomes a rollicking, Nazi-killing tale in the style of Tarantino or Matthew Vaughn, a colorful action-comedy that barely keeps its feet on the ground, accompanied by a fine, Morricone-esque music score.

An amusing account of what inspired Ian Fleming (played here by Freddie Fox) to create James Bond, with a motley group of stiff-upper-lip agents.

2024-U.K.-U.S. 122 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Screenplay: Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel, Guy Ritchie. Book: Damien Lewis (”Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII”). Music: Christopher Benstead. Cast: Henry Cavill (Gus March-Phillipps), Alan Ritchson (Anders Lassen), Alex Pettyfer (Geoffrey Appleyard), Eiza González, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Rory Kinnear, Til Schweiger. 

Trivia: Co-produced by Ritchie and Jerry Bruckheimer.