The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare‘s distressing downfall is due to an overly (and excessively) lighthearted midsection that grows less and less compelling as time progresses...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 24, 2025

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare had the potential of being a great action blockbuster...For the most part, however, it’s a movie that has far too much plot and far too little character development.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2024

A coalition of colourful characters go rocknrolla, Guy Ritchie-style, in a breezy escapist combat caper.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 1, 2024

There are times, with its international cast, over-the-top set-pieces and quirky humour, when it feels more like a war-time version of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou than The Dirty Dozen, but the ensemble ensures it’s never less than entertaining.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 11, 2024

... At times, an entertainingly slick throwback to movies like Kelly’s Heroes and The Guns of Navarone. 

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2024

An action thriller supposedly based on true events, which makes up for most of its shortcomings with plenty of style, clever dialogue, and extremely talented actors who are clearly having fun. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 8, 2024

My advice is to read the book instead. It's terrific.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare gets by on firepower and charisma, and that will be just fine for those looking for an old-fashioned war adventure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 8, 2024

This film never takes itself too seriously, which is likely its main appeal. It's filled with colourful characters, each with unique quirks and traits that leave a lasting impression.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 7, 2024

Warfare leaves the feeling of a collection of scraps, typical of a first draft, that were taken directly to the set. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 6, 2024

Defeating the Nazis never gets old, and Ritchie and his team have a great time doing that in creative ways.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 5, 2024

Verisimilitude, of course, is not a Ritchie thing. But slick direction is, or used to be, and there’s none of that on show here.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 5, 2024

I wasn’t bored by The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, but I can’t say I was thrilled by it, either. It came and went, and did its job with professionalism. That’s about all I can ask for from a film like this.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 2, 2024

The film does not try at any time to be a realistic production, but rather to create a heroic image of the British forces in World War II. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 30, 2024

The film's groovy vibe is infectious, as Ritchie mixes the alarmingly enormous body count with crisp banter, lavish production design and witty plot twists.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 30, 2024

Guy Ritchie returns to the world of guns, geezers, and grossly overcomplicated plots in a new action-comedy that plays like Quentin Tarantino's version of The Guns of Navarone.

| Jul 29, 2024

With great music, violent action sequences, and mostly superb performances from the actors, this could [and should] have been a sure victory. Instead, it fell a little flat thanks to a script that refused to offer any real stakes within the storytelling.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 28, 2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has a good premise, and while it isn’t Ritchie’s worst, it’s definitely one of his most forgettable.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 26, 2024

Curiously, for a movie that sounds as though it would benefit from Ritchie’s unconventional style, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is disappointingly as straightforward as it comes, particularly in both its writing and its direction.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2024

Guy Ritchie’s the action scenes are nonstop and over the top, and the weaponry and explosions endless. It’s unsatisfying as a film because there is too little character development, overshadowed by the action. But its fun.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 26, 2024