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‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Brings Espionage and Explosions

Review of ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ (2024)

Yusuf Ali
Counter Arts
Published in
3 min readJun 4, 2024

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It's time for some action heroes to assemble on the screen and cause some rampage in a most "Ungentlemanly" way. Directed by famous British director Guy Ritchie and starring Britain's own Most Dashing Duke Henry Cavill, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare brings in the perfect mixture of World War II espionage and military action comedy with an All-Star cast.

Plot & Setting

Based on Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII, written by Damien Lewis, the film narrates a heavily fictionalized version of Operation Postmaster. In the movie, Gus March-Phillipps (Henry Cavill) is tasked by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II to form the first-ever special forces organization and use unconventional methods to defeat Nazis. What follows is an incredible and visually rich cinematic experience full of teamwork, espionage, and mayhem with the occasional flakes of humor.

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One of the film's most striking features is the over-the-top action sequences translated to the screen…

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Yusuf Ali
Counter Arts

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