Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre review: Guy Ritchie delivers exactly what you'd expect

Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, and Hugh Grant bring the laughs and play up to their strengths in the director's latest spy caper

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.All the ingredients are here. British accents abound; from Elwes’ clipped English to Grant’s over-the-top Cockney. The snappy dialogue is full of sexual innuendo and mildly threatening one-upmanship. Throw in a couple of silly character names and the laughs come easy.

The comedy comes from the quick dialogue and the expert delivery of the actors. But it’s also in the characters. Take Statham’s Fortune, for example. He has many phobias and is particular about how he travels . He also loves very expensive wine. He’s so extravagant that he threatens to bankrupt the agency. The script gives Fortune these characteristics so the other actors can tease him about them while he maintains his deadpan facial expression.

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