The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.
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- TriviaIn real life, one of the lesser-known members of the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was Sir Christopher Lee. Lee was a step-cousin of Ian Fleming, and Fleming first suggested him for the title role in Dr. No (1962) while golfing together. The part went to Joseph Wiseman instead, but Lee ended up playing another Bond villain - Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). Also, Lee famously used his experience in the Ministry operations to educate Sir Peter Jackson, when filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy, on the "sound a man makes when is stabbed in the back."
- Goofs"Mack The Knife," from Bertolt Brecht's leftist play The Threepenny Opera, plays twice in Nazi company. Brecht was a communist who fled Nazi Germany, and The Threepenny Opera was in fact banned by the Nazis for being "degenerate art."
- Quotes
Winston Churchill: If Hitler isn't playing by the Rules, then neither shall we?
- SoundtracksThe School Bus
From Dirty Harry (1971)
Written and Music by Lalo Schifrin
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Published by Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
On behalf of Warner-Barham Music
Featured review
Some charm but no heart.
I guess when you set out to make a film based on a true story-- not inspired by, but actually based it-- you're constrained by events.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much tension or ever a sense of our heroes having met their match.
The dialogue was occasionally clever, and the acting was ..fine. Not a lot was asked of this talented cast. Also, as often happens with ensembles, we really only get to know our characters on the most superficial level. (Ensembles need franchises to tease out individuals' personal stories). Hard to be invested in their survival.
And finally, what a waste of Henry Cavill. Cavill has a great face for this sort of role. Smirks, frowns and grins were swallowed up in a curiously overgrown mustache and beard. Why hire That Face and then hide it completely? Similarly, he spends the entire film, bundled up in multiple shabby layers of clothing. We're they trying to hide his physique so he wouldn't look too much like his costar Ritchson? Not a problem as Ritchson has at least 3 inches and 25lbs of muscle on Cavill any day of the week.
They could have hired any one of a dozen other actors for the role if they didn't plan to let us SEE Cavill. And paid a lot less for them.
I came away annoyed by the promise of Cavill unfulfilled and by a storyline that wouldn't have made for an interesting episode of The A Team.
But Alan Ritchson was great. He clearly had way more fun with this character than he gets to have with Reacher.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much tension or ever a sense of our heroes having met their match.
The dialogue was occasionally clever, and the acting was ..fine. Not a lot was asked of this talented cast. Also, as often happens with ensembles, we really only get to know our characters on the most superficial level. (Ensembles need franchises to tease out individuals' personal stories). Hard to be invested in their survival.
And finally, what a waste of Henry Cavill. Cavill has a great face for this sort of role. Smirks, frowns and grins were swallowed up in a curiously overgrown mustache and beard. Why hire That Face and then hide it completely? Similarly, he spends the entire film, bundled up in multiple shabby layers of clothing. We're they trying to hide his physique so he wouldn't look too much like his costar Ritchson? Not a problem as Ritchson has at least 3 inches and 25lbs of muscle on Cavill any day of the week.
They could have hired any one of a dozen other actors for the role if they didn't plan to let us SEE Cavill. And paid a lot less for them.
I came away annoyed by the promise of Cavill unfulfilled and by a storyline that wouldn't have made for an interesting episode of The A Team.
But Alan Ritchson was great. He clearly had way more fun with this character than he gets to have with Reacher.
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- Apr 27, 2024
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- Language
- Also known as
- Guerra sin reglas
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,535,053
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,913,698
- Apr 21, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $27,132,209
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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