Le Ministère de la Sale Guerre

Original title: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

2024
R
2h 2m

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6.8/10

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Henry Cavill, Alex Pettyfer, Alan Ritchson, Babs Olusanmokun, Eiza González, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and Henry Golding in Le Ministère de la Sale Guerre (2024)

The British military recruits a small group of highly-skilled soldiers to strike against Nazi forces behind enemy lines during World War II.

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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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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

132K

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POPULARITY

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Trivia
In 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 James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) while golfing together. The part went to Joseph Wiseman instead, but Lee ended up playing another Bond villain - Francisco Scaramanga in L'Homme au pistolet d'or (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 he is stabbed in the back."

Goofs
All the radio messages that are sent to England are portrayed as being sent and received in plain text. However, radio operators receiving wireless messages would have recorded what they received and passed the message on for decoding. Decoding was carried out by other personnel. This protocol was essential for security so that only a few people knew what messages were being received, from where, and from whom.

Quotes
Winston Churchill: If Hitler isn't playing by the Rules, then neither shall we?

Connections
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Soundtracks
The School Bus
From L'Inspecteur 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

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Featured review

5/10

Inglorious Bast@rds with none of the style or nuance

It's basically the same premise as Tarantino's movie - get a cast of outcasts and go and mow through hordes of nazis.

Where Tarantino's version had some nuance, and bad guys actually had some sort of personality, motivation, and charm, here it feels like a Call of Duty game, where NPCs are just standing there, waiting to be shot by the main character.

The only redeeming qualities are - it's apparently based on a true story, the cast is good, and it's a technically competent execution.

If you need a mindless action movie - you might enjoy it, but it's far from the best work of Guy Ritchie, and quite honestly - sad to see the bar has fallen so low for him.