There are a lot of pieces to set in place before Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre can really get effective, leaving the first act to drown in a lot of heavy exposition requiring a sharp focus from an audience. It's not so complicated to hurt your brain, but if you prefer your action movies to be vapidly simple, this one might not be for you. Regardless, it's admirable that Guy Ritchie wants to give some depth to his characters and plot before shifting the focus on the deliciously silly chaos we all know is coming.
Once the director has all his players in line, the fun really begins. It's really just a filmmaker on auto-pilot doing what he does at his best. Well-crafted action set pieces and very good choreographed fight sequences in a series of extravagant international locations, seeming to be where the most of the budget has gone. The action isn't quite on the same scale as something you'd found in the other chapters of the James Bond, Mission: Impossible, and Fast & Furious franchises, so don't head into this one expecting a true blockbuster. Ritchie prefers to focus on the zippy comedy of his screenplay.
Once the director has all his players in line, the fun really begins. It's really just a filmmaker on auto-pilot doing what he does at his best. Well-crafted action set pieces and very good choreographed fight sequences in a series of extravagant international locations, seeming to be where the most of the budget has gone. The action isn't quite on the same scale as something you'd found in the other chapters of the James Bond, Mission: Impossible, and Fast & Furious franchises, so don't head into this one expecting a true blockbuster. Ritchie prefers to focus on the zippy comedy of his screenplay.