Guy Ritchie's best pictures are caper confections that feature a coterie of criminals and con artists , most of whom have hearts of gold ... or at least burnished brass.
This is true of Ritchie's latest, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which stars Henry Cavill as the admittedly screwed-up leader of a band of equally mad incorrigibles (Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding and Alex Pettyfer, among them) commissioned by Winston Churchill to destroy a German ship that supplies the Nazi u-boats that have barricaded the Atlantic and kept America from coming to Britain's aid. The ship is docked off of the coast of Africa at a nearly impenetrable port -- nearly.
Based on true events, the scheme -- and it's as elaborate and outrageous as one might imagine from a Ritchie enterprise-- is completely off the books. If captured by the Germans, the team would be tortured and shot, and if discovered by the British, they would be imprisoned. These prospects only serve as more incentive for the crew.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is Mission: Impossible (Improbable?) with fewer stunts but with barrels more blood p cheeky humor -- much of it provided by Cavill. Who woulda thunk it?
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