The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Movie, 2024, The 2020s, Set in World War II
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is #15 of 18 in release order and #15 of 18 in chronological order in the Guy Ritchie.
The story
During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British WWII organization — the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare recap
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) dramatises Operation Postmaster, a covert 1942 British raid on Axis supply ships in a neutral African port. Guy Ritchie directed and co-wrote this fifteenth feature from Damien Lewis's book Churchill's Secret Warriors, fictionalising events heavily. Brigadier Colin Gubbins (Cary Elwes) sends Gus March-Phillipps (Henry Cavill) to sink the Italian ship Duchessa d'Aosta on Spanish Fernando Po, the supply line for U-boats in the Atlantic. Gus sails with Anders Lassen (Alan Ritchson), Freddy Alvarez (Henry Golding) and Henry Hayes (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), first freeing Geoffrey Appleyard (Alex Pettyfer) from the Germans. Ashore, the agents Marjorie Stewart (Eiza González) and Richard Heron (Babs Olusanmokun) work the island, with Marjorie charming the SS commander Heinrich Luhr (Til Schweiger). When the ship moves its departure forward, the team crosses a British blockade without permission.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ending explained
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ends with the team stealing the Duchessa and the tugs rather than sinking them, while Marjorie shoots Luhr. They deliver the ships to the Royal Navy off Lagos and are arrested, then saved when Churchill takes them into his "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". A closing montage sketches their real later lives and notes that Ian Fleming, who sits in Gubbins's office, drew on the operation for James Bond.
Where to watch The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is streaming on Netflix and YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 68%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, before The Gentlemen.
- Chronological order: after Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, before The Gentlemen.
Cast
- Henry Cavill as Gus March-Phillips
- Eiza González as Marjorie Stewart
- Alan Ritchson as Anders Lassen
- Henry Golding as Freddy Alvarez
- Cary Elwes as Brigadier Gubbins 'M'
- Alex Pettyfer as Geoffrey Appleyard
- Babs Olusanmokun as Heron
- Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Henry Hayes
- Rory Kinnear as Churchill
- Til Schweiger as Heinrich Luhr
- Freddie Fox as Ian Fleming
- James Wilby as Viscount Algernon
Directed by Guy Ritchie.