Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Decent But Disappointing 

If there’s an actor who seriously needs a new agent, it’s Henry Cavill.

Man I swear Henry Cavill is cursed.

That "Anyway, Go away now" made me feel like I frequently visit a hermit in the mountains, asking a simple question about a singular topic and I get a full tale from his life story about it, sharing his wisdom one long winded analogy at a time.

Cavill in "The Man from UNCLE" is the closes thing to him playing 007

'Disappointingly OK' is a hell of a lot better than anything else I have seen lately.

Its been a hell of a week for Henry Cavil

We all know what happened to Guy Ritchie - a succubus attached itself to him and sucked out his creative soul.

Til Schweigers biggest achievement was convincing Hollywood that he is a good actor and the go to guy whenever someone is needed to play a german...

The man can't catch a break. First, his Superman gets axed, then he's handed a bunch of roles that are mediocre. Then his beloved Custodians get retconn'd.

The heart of the movie was how much fun the guys were having, which made me have fun. Sometimes, thats all I need

Adequate, yet disappointingly unremarkable. Good potential marred by uneven pacing and flabby editing. Well performed roles just weren't enough to elevate the lacking script. Certainly not a must-rewatch.

I honestly feel like this one didn’t deserve the gaze of this channel. Movies don’t have to be ground breaking to be good. This was a perfectly fun classic feeling summer action movie, that wasn’t pushing any nonsense, had tough guys being tough and bad guys being bad and was a thoroughly entertaining and violent romp that felt at home with classic WW2 action films like the dirty dozen, guns of navarone, or Kelly’s heroes. Movies don’t have to reinvent the genre they exist in, sometimes it’s fun to just get something that’s what you paid for

You know it’s serious when the Drinker doesn’t start with : “Ya know…”

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"The Gentlemen" on Netflix was superb; Guy Ritchie in peak form. Theo James and particularly Kaya Scodelario were both excellent leads.

ANNND the Oscar for Perfectly Serviceable Film goes to...

"Manners maketh man." - motto of Kingsmen Secret Service

Henry should just produce/write/direct his movies at this rate lol

I mean, I think this might be due "Jerry Bruckheimer" being part of the production that this felt like a "watered down" Ritchie movie, It's not a "bad" thing, but I was "entertained", and would still look forward to whatever next "experiment" they're willing to try in the future. As long as I get entertained, I'll keep trying what they make

There are no good writers being used in Hollywood anymore. I'll stick with rewatching the thousands of quality movies made during Hollywood's 'Studio System' where they discovered and retained a seriously talented company of writers, producers, actors, wardrobe departments, and so on. All these 'one-off' movies are very 'hit and miss' and money is far more important than quality. It's not that they don't spend enough money, it's that what they spend it on is stupid.

The more I hear about this movie, the more I understand why it's not playing in our local theatre. Not sure if I'm disappointed by that or not.

The reason I think it fell short of being as good as Inglourious Basterds is due to the fact we’re never really shown the villains as serious threats. We see the Nazis succeed twice against people we are led to believe won’t bend to them: Hans Landa in the opening scene with the farmer and later the Nazi who calls Michael Fassbender’s bluff at the bar after just the slightest of mistakes. In Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare it felt like they were playing on easy mode.

They hyped that female agent to be some kind of badass but all in all she just talked and fired 1 single bullet. 1

Congratulations on 2mil drinker Happy to be part of this journey.

The missing ingredient is having a nuanced, well-written, intersting and terrifying villain(s) who challenges the protagonists to be better than they ever thought possible

Henry Cavil is really getting ragdolled in this industry and it's really sad to see that.

The Critical Drinker: "It's okay." Me: "Must watch it then!"

Nice to see you at 2M subs, CD! Well-deserved! Oh, and your summation of Civil War was spot-on.

Do we really need more movies that turn WWII into a farce?

Drinker saying Cavill being in this movie is as close as he'll ever get to playing 007........ These days they'd pick whoopi goldberg anyway.

I'm glad you mentioned Man From Uncle. My crowd loved it! Two manly spies, Henry Cavil and Armie Hammer, standing in a ladies clothing store arguing whether belts have to match outfits was hysterically funny. The scene where the torturer is ablaze and trapped in his own electric chair. Cavil and Hammer turn to see it. Hammer says, "He fixed the glitch" and Cavil replies, "Damn, I left my jacket in there." We had to stop the movie for a minute to stop laughing. I do enjoy Guy Ritchie flicks so I'll see Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare especially with the great Henry Cavil.

Thanks Drinking, I was on the fence with this one and think I'll wait for streaming.

Disappointingly okay is the story of my life.

Femme fatale blows the smoke from her gun while pointing it at her own face, finger curled on the trigger. Just thought I'd point that out.

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Darn, I was looking forward to this. Thanks Drinker for letting me down gently!

Certainly wasn't going to be a franchise vehicle for Henry Cavill. The real life character he plays was killed on another mission about 8 months after the events in the movie. If i recall correctly his entire team was caught or killed and Cavills character was shot coming ashore in enemy territory because they landed on the wrong beach.

It strikes me as if Call of Duty meets comedy but without the plot and proper execution.

HAPPY TWO MILLION!! For one of my favorite RU-vidrs. The one that reminds me that ELA is not just a trash subject and is in dire need.

I think alot of people over look that cavil did not get the same chance as other known actors that get attached to huge ips, chris pratt got jurrasic park,charlemet got dune,and the one time cavil got a huge ip like superman people loved him. So he absolutely get a shot to be attached to james bond before he has proven he can make an iconic role work,look at statham,he never gets attached to huge ips like marvel and his movies never make alot of money.

One of my main gripes with the movie was I never felt like the German’s were a threat. It felt unsatisfying watching our “heros” mosey on through checkpoint after checkpoint without any sense of a real challenge. Even the mix up in plans at the climax felt like it was taken in stride as if it was the plan all along.

The 80-year humiliation ritual continues unabated.

This movie and inglorious bastard makes one wonder why it took 5 years to win the war. I mean, if it is so easy to kill the enemy it must mean that the other 99.9999% was doing a really lousy work. I guess a bunch of German kindergarten teachers was kicking ass on the west front for 4 years straight and had a hang over in Greece on the D day.

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I think the problem for me is the spy mission with Nazi’s side of the story kept me expecting a betrayal of some kind that never quite came. They kept pointing out all these surprises such as the number of Nazi’s on the island, reinforced ship, etc that I was waiting for Heron to end up being a traitor intentionally feeding misinformation. Maybe with Appleyard’s help. But when that never comes, it makes the emphasis on the island seem infinitely less essential to the actual story and has me wishing we got more time with Cavill’s crew.

4:10 Regarding Nazi soldiers accommodating blacks. This was actually not uncommon among Germany and the "Nazis" and/or Wehrmacht personnel. For example, Jesse Owens was actually taken aback when he stayed in Berlin for the '36 Olympics. Crowds of Germans rushed him in the streets asking for his autograph. He was invited by many people to drink at the same bar as regular Germans. This was something he was not accustomed to in the USA. One of Germany's greatest fighter pilots was something of a bohemian named Hans Joachim Marseilles stationed in North Africa. Fighter pilots would be assigned a "batman", basically a butler. Hans' batman was an African named Mathias. They became great friends, would listen to jazz and smoke together. When Hans died, Mathias was front and center as they laid his body to rest. I think the Drinker is suffering from "hyper-reality" or more appropriately "hyper-history" i.e. the simulation has become more "real" to us than the actual thing. Most people have only ever engaged with Nazis via Hollywood and popular culture, which is to say propaganda. They have probably never actually engaged with primary sources. And so they are only ever exposed to exaggerated comic book depictions of Nazis/Wehrmacht soldiers to the point that they actually believe they were in fact evil racist zombie murderers--this is far from the truth.

Actual event of WWII are always more interesting than the fictions that modern movies are.

As someone once said "It has a certain syrup, but it doesn't pour". Congrats on the two mill., well deserved.

‘…with a modern twist’, ah yes, I can see from the footage presented here what that’s a euphemism for... Must keep those boxes ticked. 😉

it was like storm troopers in reverse, they literally could not miss.

Snatch and lock, stock and two smoking barrels are the only movies he’s made I actually enjoy.

Henry Cavill will go down to be the most unlucky actor in Hollywood... This guy never catches a break

I read the book this movie is based on last year. It wasn’t focused on one mission, but many years of ingenuity and bravery by people who were dragged into a war with few options but to leave behind the “honorable English warfare” ideal of the past and embrace trickery and cleverness to defeat Germany. Without about a half dozen of these folks inventing new weapons and offensive strategies, we probably would have lost the war. If you like non-fiction, check it out.

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Too bad that this movie is historically incorrect since almost everyone on this planet knows that Jennifer Lawrence was the first and quintessential founding member of the SOE.

The magnificent Sir Christopher Lee was turning in his grave when this movie was made. (For those unaware, Christopher Lee was in the real life MUW. It's theorized he was Ian Fleming's inspiration for James Bond.)

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0:25 "Inglorious Bastard and Snatch" would make an awesome police drama. "Detective Bastard, meet your new partner, detective Snatch." "I work alone. You know that." "You're a loose cannon and you're off the case! You either turn in your badge and gun right now or you work with Snatch here!" "I'm gettin' too old for this shit. Ok Snatch, come on, but stay the hell out of my way." "Thank you Detective Bastard. I'm honored to be working with a legend." "Call me Inglorious."

Just saw it last night. Definitely agree 100%. Didn't hate it. It was a lot of fun. Wasn't Guy Ritchies best and I'll probably never watch it again. Was fun going to the theater again for the first time since last summer though. No regrets about seeing it at all. Easily probably the best movie in theaters right now but that's not saying a lot considering what a funk Hollywood is in

Here in Germany, we have a rule, if Till Schweiger is in it, you don't watch it, simple.

Jewish revenge story number 5995. Its a *fresh* *new* take

I just finished watching this movie and as much as I wanted your critique to be wrong. You were 100% right, as usual. For a movie that on paper should have been a hit, the writers actually went out of their way to make it mediocre.

We appreciate your honest assessment. It's sad when the elements are all there to deliver greatness but then fall short. This shows how all-time great films are just that because they fire on all cylinders: writing, acting, directing, cinematography, editing, score, etc. When any one of those don't measure up, the result is soon forgotten.

"Its was ok" - critic

You didn’t mention that Ritchson pulled a bud light right before this movie came out and accused police officers in the US of “getting away with murder all the time.” He massively alienated anyone in the United States who would have supported this movie.

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I bet the MCU and Star Wars franchise would absolutely love a "Disapointedly okay" comment from the Drinker 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Top Secret 1984, now that's a WWII movie.

Alan richson crapped the bed with his recent comments. He’s gone the way of Joe Scarborough, which makes sense, as richson grew up in Scarborough’s congressional district.

Apparently, Henry Cavill’s character is one of the primary real-life figures on whom Ian Fleming based James Bond.

Stands to reason that celebrities absolutely need to remove themselves from social media for the sake of whatever project they’re in because there’s so many that have sullied themselves with shit takes online

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2 mil subs. Well-deserved Drinker

"Decent but disappointing" is exactly how I felt about this too. Not a waste of time, but not something that I'll think about much after seeing it. One issue was that everything came way too easy to the heroes. It never felt like anyone might die or that anything was even difficult for them to pull off. 6/10

Man, dude that plays Reacher is GIGANTIC!!

Trailer looked like a DEI commercial. There was never a moment I considered going to see this.

Thanks, as always, for the heads up!

After watching the Drinkers review, I came up with a little bit of a different way of thinking about this movie. This was the connection between Ian Fleming, James Bond, and this movie. Yes, it wasn't the greatest movie, but it was enjoyable. It had no hidden message. It was just fun. I thought more of it than the Drinker did. I can now connect Henry Cavill with 3 main characters from my childhood: Superman, Napoleon Solo, and James Bond.

Propaganda films suckering people in

Ah yes, another movie about defeating the wrong guys in a senseless brother war

i left my seat when the Nazi officer happily deferred to a black man and held the door open for him.

Saw it - "Friday night, nothing to do, yeah sure, lets go see it... movie..." That was fun - now lets go to the pub.

Having an OK from the drinker today is being better than just about 95% of productions, if not 99%.

Well, if there is one thing I can tell as a German, then it is, that nobody in Germany likes Til Schweiger. He is legitimately one of the most unpopular celebrities we got around here.

I'm an old woman. My son watches all the clips from the Drinker and all those other young fellows who should be outside in the fresh air more, and I find them quite amusing, even though my son has to translate for me from time to time as I don't speak CGI. We saw the trailer for this movie and had hopes that here was at last a movie it would be fun to see. It led my son to explore the book this movie came from--"Churchill's Secret Warriors", and the more he compared them, the more he felt disappointed in the coming movie. That book was so full of dramatic attacks and rescues--all absolutely true--that five movies could have been made from that one book. The side story of the exotic-looking lady and her colleagues never had to be inserted. It took up space that could have been used for so much more. There is a whole series of books on the subject, moving through the history of Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, written by Damien Lewis. I urge everyone here to read those books, especially the Brits amongst us. It will buck you up during the weirdness happening over there now, and you will be asking yourselves, "What ever happened to THAT kind of Brit?" It might give people ideas, and stiffen some spines. We need to do the same here in the US, as everything some mocked the Brits for tolerating before, is starting to happen here, and we're not fighting it either.

Carvill plays Gustavus Henry March-Phillipps, who is said to be one of the characters that inspired Ian Fleming to create james bond.

Henry Cavill deserves more than acting alongside a B actor Alan Ritchson

Morgan Freeman said it best, it doesn't matter how good your movie is, if it has a ridiculous title, it will be hard for people to recommend it, and the box office will suffer for it, he was referring to The Shawshank Redemption by the way lol

And let's not forget a lead actor who has decided it was a great career move to crap all over who up to this point was his base fan demographic... which will hurt movie sales and views in theaters no matter how good it may have been. It may do better in the secondary market though.

All I see is just another movie with nonchalant death and gore turned into comedy because "it's okay when its germans".

'Based on true events.' (i.e., there was a war between England and Germany a while back.)

Poor Henry.

CIA Agent 1: "The populace seems unhappy" CIA Agent 2: "Put out another movies of people shooting notsees"

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I blame the box office disappointment on Alan Richardson.

Christoph Waltz Id forgotten about him. He played an excellent villain in Inglorious Bastards. I think he and Brad made that movie

Ritchson has poor judgment about keeping his mouth shut.

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This movie felt like a love letter to Tarantino (moreso than Basterds specifically). We had the hand-extending gun at the critical moment of a conflict, a character with "surgical precision" with a knife, some mustache twirling Natsees who spend most of their screen time in Spirit Halloween costumes; really, it's all there. Interestingly, I got more of the Bond vibe from Appleyard than Gus March-Phillips. Appleyard is introduced as having "gone in" on his own, is proved to be a certifiable badass with "Can you please turn the car battery off" and he even throws his lines away with that exact Daniel Craig in Casino Royale level of dismissiveness. And the fact that he sounds like an Oxford man is the creme on top.

Never thought id say this, but i miss Cold War movies and despise the neverending plethora of WWII movies. I never want to see a Nazi again in anything.