Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Movie, 2023, The 2020s, Set in A stolen weapon
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is #13 of 18 in release order and #13 of 18 in chronological order in the Guy Ritchie.
The story
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre recap
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) follows a freelance spy and his team as they recover a stolen weapon before an arms dealer sells it. Guy Ritchie's thirteenth feature is his fifth with Jason Statham. Government handler Nathan Jasmine (Cary Elwes) hires Orson Fortune (Statham), the hacker Sarah Fidel (Aubrey Plaza) and the marksman J.J. Davies (Bugzy Malone) to retrieve "the Handle", a device stolen from a Ukrainian black site. The broker is the billionaire Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant), so the team blackmails his favourite actor, Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnett), into bringing them close: Sarah poses as Danny's girlfriend and Orson as his manager at a gala in Cannes. Simmonds invites them to his villa in Antalya, where they learn the Handle is an AI built to beat any security system. A rival team led by Mike (Peter Ferdinando) keeps reaching the prize first.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre ending explained
Operation Fortune ends with Mike stealing the Handle at the handover and selling it to two tech billionaires hoarding gold for a market crash. Simmonds, cheated of his commission, helps Orson's team, the buyers and sellers turn on each other, and Orson kills Mike and recovers the device. In Doha the team turns down a new job for a holiday, and Orson reveals he has bankrolled a film of the whole affair starring Danny as Simmonds.
Where to watch Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 52%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Wrath of Man, before Guy Ritchie's The Covenant.
- Chronological order: after Wrath of Man, before Guy Ritchie's The Covenant.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Orson Fortune
- Aubrey Plaza as Sarah Fidel
- Cary Elwes as Nathan
- Hugh Grant as Greg Simmonds
- Josh Hartnett as Danny Francesco
- Bugzy Malone as JJ
- Eddie Marsan as Knighton
- Peter Ferdinando as Mike
- Nicholas Facey as John
- Lourdes Faberes as Emilia
- Ian Bartholomew as Bakker
- Sam Douglas as Saul
Directed by Guy Ritchie.