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[–]Azaelas 779 points780 points  (18 children)

Is it just me or is Cary Elwes turning into John Cleese? Lmao

[–]Suspicious-Ad-9380 144 points145 points  (5 children)

I think it is Cary Elwes playing John Cleese playing the role. He and Ritchie are too self-aware for that to not be the case

[–]Whiteshadows86 32 points33 points  (2 children)

A dude, playing a dude disguised as another dude?

[–]billiebol 62 points63 points  (0 children)

He looks more like John Cleese than my mental image of Cary Elwes so yes!

[–]dhowl 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's not just you. Thought the same thing. Uncanny resemblance.

[–]MonaganX 91 points92 points  (4 children)

I can see it. Hopefully it's limited to his appearance.

[–]waynechriss 528 points529 points  (21 children)

I see Cary Elwes is reprising his exact role from Operation Fortune.

[–]VitaminPb 116 points117 points  (7 children)

Yes. And I’m there because I loved that movie more than I should have.

[–]PBatemen87 58 points59 points  (5 children)

There was a good movie hiding in there somewhere....and in the editing room

[–]Inamanlyfashion 69 points70 points  (6 children)

Oh I thought it was Pierre Despereaux

[–]Niirai 48 points49 points  (3 children)

I've heard it both ways

[–]curlyfreud 26 points27 points  (2 children)

You hear abut Pluto?

[–]MillyVanilly7 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You know that’s right

[–]DAVENP0RT 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure it's Interpol agent Royston Staley.

[–]PeatBomb 2967 points2968 points  (165 children)

Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavill, killing nazis... what's there not to like?

[–]ArchDucky 1273 points1274 points  (115 children)

You forgot Jack Reacher. Hes the guy with the bow and arrow and glasses.

[–]Paizzu 231 points232 points  (13 children)

Live action BJ Blazkowicz.

[–]zerokul175 68 points69 points  (8 children)

This is exactly what I was thinking.

Wolfenstein 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[–]PT10 24 points25 points  (7 children)

When will they make a damn Wolfenstein movie

[–]Blutroyale-_- 26 points27 points  (1 child)

Nazi killing will never not be satisfying to witness.

[–]kuroyume_cl 13 points14 points  (1 child)

I'm not sure the big screen is ready for Mecha-Hitler

[–]BearWrangler 31 points32 points  (0 children)

holy shit

[–]greywolfau 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Came here to say the same thing.

Wolfenstein 3d live action well over due.

[–]Primordial_Cumquat 980 points981 points  (40 children)

Frankly I find the idea of Thad Castle killing Nazis much more appealing.

[–][deleted] 351 points352 points  (16 children)

Screaming for his pocket pussy while stabbing nazis in the neck lol

[–]Avokado1337 138 points139 points  (2 children)

Tbh this might be the origin story of the pocket pussy

[–]Lucky_Locks 65 points66 points  (0 children)

"This came all the way from BOSNIA, son! You ever been to BOSNIA?"

[–]Ricky_Rollin 111 points112 points  (10 children)

I usually cannot stand the frat boy type shows, at least not anymore.

Thad made that show what it is. He made me laugh so hard so many times and I’m just glad to see him back in the spotlight. He deserves it.

That episode where he’s teaching the boys how to send a proper dick pick seriously had me laughing so hard I was crying.

[–]gregularjoe95 99 points100 points  (5 children)

Man i love alan. Ever since the first episode of BMS where he greedily eats the oreo that was up his ass. Dude looks like that and isnt afraid to do shit like that on screen. I always thought he deserved to be a bigger star he was perfect as thad and reacher and now this is showing that the guy can fucking act and deserves to be a bigger star. And besides that he seems like a great person, the way he advocates for mental health and how open he is about his own struggles with mental health. I love him.

[–]Ricky_Rollin 41 points42 points  (4 children)

That’s a good point. He’s like David Hader like that isn’t he? Not afraid to make the most silliest faces and act like the biggest goofiest person on the planet.

I actually know him as Aquaman first, I believe from Smallville? Memory is very fuzzy on that.

[–]rckrusekontrol 36 points37 points  (2 children)

David Hader, of the acclaimed TV show Borry?

[–]phargoh 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Isn’t David Hader the voice of Salad Snake in the acclaimed video game Matel Gear Soild?

[–]ryushin6 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I actually know him as Aquaman first, I believe from Smallville? Memory is very fuzzy on that.

Yeah he was on Smallville as Aquaman which was his first every acting role.

Funny enough I think the first thing that got him famous though wasn't even acting it was when he was a contestant on the third season of American Idol where you can see that he clearly doesn't care about the competition and is there just to troll and that went some what viral back then and then he started getting roles after that.😂

[–]gregularjoe95 62 points63 points  (0 children)

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE SHIT BEFORE?

[–]Gremlin303 62 points63 points  (5 children)

Personally the thought of Hawk butchering fascists excites me more

[–]dubate 52 points53 points  (3 children)

We used to be a civilized country based on the simple rule of "see a Nazi, kill a Nazi" no reason we shouldn't return to that.

[–]dragunityag 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Make America Nazi Free Again!

[–]Top_Report_4895 37 points38 points  (0 children)

For me, Aquaman slaughtering white nationalists is more enrapturing.

[–]drinksaltwater 120 points121 points  (13 children)

If he's playing as a take on the real Mad Jack Churchill, that would be amazing. That guy was amazing.

[–]Helmett-13 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Mad Jack came to mind IMMEDIATELY when I saw the bow and arrow in use!

[–]MilksteakMayhem 44 points45 points  (3 children)

As a history major, I’m really disappointed in my university for not providing a section solely dedicated to this guy. I had never heard of him until now and am very excited to dig in.

[–]Creski 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Because as cool as it was to be in WW2 with a bow an arrow, it’s arguably fairly tame compared to the experiences of many, including a B22 tail gunner whose plane ripped apart and he jumped out of it with no parachute and survived through a complete fluke, angle, snow laden trees and a hill. Walked away with a sprain leg.

The nazis initially didn’t believe his story until they found the wreckage of his plane and found three parachutes near the cockpit. The German army then gave the guy an award too.

I believe he is number 3 for highest fall survivor and to survive.

[–]InnocentTailor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

rich long sloppy dime deserve afterthought unwritten correct water fall

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[–]tron3747 118 points119 points  (11 children)

Are people really ignoring the Man in black, Cary elwes, from the Princess bride?

[–]Tazzimus 54 points55 points  (7 children)

I just see Robin Hood

[–]ArchDucky 54 points55 points  (3 children)

Robin Hood? Thats Pierre Despereaux.

[–]PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL 36 points37 points  (1 child)

You know that's right.

[–]Marshmallow_man 31 points32 points  (0 children)

C'mon son!

[–]DrRickMarshall1 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I've heard it both ways.

[–]Zachmorris4186 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Men! Manly men! Were men in tights! Run around the forest looking for fights!

[–]InnocentTailor 21 points22 points  (1 child)

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[–]SuikTwoPointOh 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he was in Wrath of Man, Too Old to Die Young, Dune and he’s a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

[–]LumiereGatsby 36 points37 points  (2 children)

Wait that’s him!

I swear you put glasses on someone and they’re unrecognizable.

[–]jsteph67 29 points30 points  (1 child)

That is why it works with Superman.

[–]Leo_TheLurker 22 points23 points  (3 children)

Dudes a monster I love that he’s gotten bigger

[–]Unicron_Gundam 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Every time I think there's no way someone can get bigger Alan reappears on screen. Man is yoked.

[–]pepsiboycoke 32 points33 points  (1 child)

And with the bow and arrow, presumably based on Mad Jack Churchill who "fought in the Second World War with a longbow, a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes."

[–]Carninator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anders Lassen. Danish soldier. Never used a bow and arrow during combat as far as I know, but he was a skilled hunter.

[–]I_am_BEOWULF 14 points15 points  (1 child)

I thought saw Hugo Stiglitz from Inglorious Basterds as well.

(and Eiza Gonzales from Baby Driver!)

[–]JonnyTN 22 points23 points  (9 children)

Man sometimes I think back and get super dumbfounded they cast Reacher as Tom Cruise for that movie. The books had him as a tall brick shithouse of a man.

[–]r3sonate 4 points5 points  (6 children)

He wasn't really cast though, he casted himself when he bought the film rights to the Jack Reacher books.

[–]ContinuumGuy 67 points68 points  (6 children)

I'm a simple man: I hear about a movie about killing Nazis, I'm interested.

Also applies to TV series about killing nazis, video games about killing nazis, and books about killing nazis.

[–]sharksiix 47 points48 points  (1 child)

Not to mention Jeremy bruckheimer is producing.

[–]not-so-radical 116 points117 points  (3 children)

Hollywood movie about Nazi's

"I wonder if Til Schwe ah there he is"

[–]txijake 33 points34 points  (1 child)

Listen you can’t not hire the man that looks like BJ Blazkowicz for a nazi killing movie.

[–]kbarnett514 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was halfway through the trailer, thinking, "So this movie is basically 'Guy Ritchie does Inglorious Basterds'"... and then Hugo Stiglitz showed up and knew I'd pretty much nailed it.

[–]artpayne 1620 points1621 points  (116 children)

Seems like this is gonna be an absolute blast just like The Man from UNCLE was.

[–]DaveInLondon89 524 points525 points  (24 children)

It's basically what they wanted to make if one of the guys from UNCLE wasn't fuckin' eating people

[–]willstr1 217 points218 points  (12 children)

Hammer being a cannibal didn't help but even if he wasn't I didn't expect a Man from UNCLE sequel, it was a great movie but it didn't make a big enough box office splash for the studio to greenlight a sequel.

[–]DaBrokenMeta 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Please stop with these hurtful words ):

[–]Disgod 129 points130 points  (9 children)

[–]Lawdoc1 91 points92 points  (4 children)

The part in the truck cab is...chef's kiss.

The look on his face when he sees the wine, the swirling of the glass after he pours the wine, and the tucking of the napkin in his collar before eating...all just perfect.

[–]Paidorgy 56 points57 points  (1 child)

It hits absurdist levels of humour, in its execution.

The movie is just a great time from start to finish.

[–]Lawdoc1 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It took itself just serious enough to have decent action, but also not serious enough that it wasn't a ton of fun as well.

[–]Disgod 39 points40 points  (1 child)

I might be crazy but to me it calls back Hitchcock's classic "bomb under the table" quote.

Four people are sitting around the table talking about baseball, whatever you like.

Five minutes of it, very dull.

Suddenly a bomb goes off. Blows the people to smithereens.

What do the audience have?

10 seconds of shock.

Now, take the same scene. And tell the audience that there's a bomb under the table and that it'll go off in 5 minutes.

Now the whole emotion of the audience is totally different. Because you've given them that information.

Now that conversation about baseball becomes very vital. Because they're saying to you, don't be ridiculous, stop talking about baseball there's a bomb under there.

You've got the audience working.

You know Cavill is going to help but, amidst the bomb proverbially going off around him, Cavill is having a lovely picnic. It could be a suspenseful scene, you still kind of feel it, but is totally undercut by Cavill's nonchalance.

[–]StayPuffGoomba 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I knew it was going to be the boat/truck scene without even clicking on it. I love him just sitting there eating.

[–]buford419 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All i can think of when i see that scene is the poor truck driver who's had his sandwich and wine stolen by Solo.

Poor chap.

[–]evremonde 8 points9 points  (4 children)

What are you talking about? I googled this and didn't find anything.

[–]OldSchoolNewRules 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Alleged cannibalistic fantasies in sexual assault allegations.

[–]MrBayless 113 points114 points  (7 children)

Its a shame Man from UNCLE didn't do well, I thought it was a ton of fun

[–]TheyStoleTwoFigo 57 points58 points  (3 children)

One of the few movies in a decade or so that had me laughing my guts out, that and The Nice Guys, bummed that they didn't do well in terms of the box office, happy that they existed.

[–]Mametaro 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"Look on the bright side. Nobody got hurt."

[–]hotehjr 191 points192 points  (75 children)

With another self-sabotaging name!

[–]karateema 64 points65 points  (68 children)

Why?

[–]legthief 147 points148 points  (43 children)

Ritchie does seem to sometimes favour long unwieldy titles.

I sort of assumed almost no one, not even fans of the movie, generally refers to Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre by its full title.

Or King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, for that matter.

In fact most people probably only ever say 'Lock Stock' when discussing his debut film.

[–]lastknownbuffalo 153 points154 points  (34 children)

"The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare"

Is the name of the book.

Edit: the book is called Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

[–]throwawayloopy 1188 points1189 points  (32 children)

Good old-fashioned nazi killing flick. I'm in!

[–]my_simple-review 331 points332 points  (26 children)

a movie bout' killin' Nazis?! Sold.

[–]Silver-ishWolfe 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Me too.

Guy Ritchie? Henry Cavill? Quirky characters killing Nazis? Yes, please. I'm all in.

[–]Dangerous-Hawk16 965 points966 points  (21 children)

Seeing Cavil not playing stoic characters is quite interesting

[–]Itsallcakes 384 points385 points  (14 children)

This is the reason why i will watch this movie. That tongue scene and then laughing scene shockingly fit him, i didnt expect that.

[–]not-so-radical 179 points180 points  (7 children)

That tongue scene

There should be more scenes like this in Henry Cavills filmography

[–]zmull93 77 points78 points  (6 children)

Sign me up for any Henry Cavill tongue scene

[–]H3000 60 points61 points  (3 children)

That tongue scene and then laughing scene shockingly fit him, i didn't expect that

That bar is pretty low, dude's literally an actor.

[–][deleted] 107 points108 points  (0 children)

I was thinking this! Excited to see him do something different

[–]fluggencheimen 679 points680 points  (25 children)

Crazy Cavill has my vote.

[–]Brassboar 376 points377 points  (7 children)

Tongue out machine gun Cavill will be the new arms reloading bathroom fight Cavill.

[–]Brandon_Won 127 points128 points  (5 children)

Eventually we will get tongue out & arms reloading Cavill and that will be in the Warhammer 40k series right?

[–]Potato271 26 points27 points  (2 children)

Warhammer 40k, where spears need to be reloaded

[–]Brandon_Won 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And where tank commanders carry swords.

[–]rugbyj 7 points8 points  (0 children)

[cocks shovel]

[–]Brassboar 29 points30 points  (1 child)

For the Emperor!!!

[–]AGirlHasNoUsername13 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That image will keep me up at night.

[–]onehedgeman 132 points133 points  (12 children)

Cavill + Ritchson is the duo I never knew I wanted in a Guy Ritchie kino

[–]gregularjoe95 87 points88 points  (9 children)

Ritchson better be in whatever cavill is doing with 40k. Hes got the look, build and acting chops to be amazing as a beefed up super soldier.

[–]onehedgeman 26 points27 points  (4 children)

He would be a great ultramarine Guilliman

[–]gregularjoe95 20 points21 points  (2 children)

I think he would be a better lion if were doing primarchs here. But i seriously doubt they touch anything related to the primarchs or the emperor on screen. First thing we get from him will most likely be baseline human centric with space marines coming in eventually.

[–]NeitherAlexNorAlice 550 points551 points  (47 children)

They're using "based on a true story" very loosely I see.

[–]Traditional-Turn5753 576 points577 points  (6 children)

“Why yes, there was a World War II!”

[–]cochr5f2 131 points132 points  (2 children)

“And there were some guys that did some things.”

[–]JustMy2Centences 19 points20 points  (1 child)

And certainly someone did, in all likelihood, make a joke about confusing a man's wife for his dog.

[–]Avokado1337 55 points56 points  (1 child)

Nazis were definetly killed as well, sounds accurate to me

[–]ACU797 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I saw a map of Africa and that's a real place. I think.

[–]TheTrueVanWilder 160 points161 points  (13 children)

The character portrayals are hyperbole for sure, but I highly recommend reading the book. They were professional soldiers in real life, but the actual ops read more like a Bond novel than history.

I was hoping a bit more for a serious tone when this was finally adapted (there is enough material to do a limited series should anyone care to do so), but this looks to be good fun.

Edit: I'll add the caveat that even my usage of the word "professional" comes with several asterisks, as a few of these guys were real life Bond caricatures, and some of the operations were absolutely mental. A lot of them died too

[–]NeedsToShutUp 72 points73 points  (4 children)

I mean, Ian Fleming got his idea for Bond from this sort of SOE stuff.

[–]FitzwilliamTDarcy 58 points59 points  (3 children)

Ian Fleming is in the group portrayed in the film I believe.

[–]woodiegutheryghost 44 points45 points  (2 children)

Fleming was not part of this group. These guys were more akin to Privateers from the 17th century. They were on a mandate from Winston Churchill to cause chaos with little oversight from high command.

[–]FitzwilliamTDarcy 30 points31 points  (1 child)

Ah sorry you are correct - he wasn't in the group, but he was one of the people who organized it, at least according to the marketing blurb:

"The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare – In theaters April 19. Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, with Henry Golding, and Cary Elwes.
Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare."

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, when they did their first mission and brought the stolen boats over, he was their liaison.

[–]notataco007 50 points51 points  (7 children)

Based on a true story is fine. The SAS truly did some crazy ass shit in Africa. Hell, they probably did things that aren't in the movie because it would seem too ridiculous.

"The untold true story" is the reach in the trailer lol.

[–]SqueakySniper 30 points31 points  (4 children)

This is telling the story of the SOE. SAS came after the SOE and were a seperate organisation.

[–]Viking18 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Tbh the way it's going we've got Rogue Heroes covering the SAS, this covering SOE; just need something good about the commandos and Operation Chariot - though that one really is on the level of unbelievable.

[–]AFourEyedGeek 22 points23 points  (3 children)

Yeah, quite silly to add that in.

[–]RandyJackson 46 points47 points  (2 children)

I find it amusing the same way Fargo uses “This is a true story”

[–]AFourEyedGeek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I found that an interesting touch back in the day.

[–]sunshineinparadise 633 points634 points  (21 children)

The last time Guy Ritchie and Henry Cavill collaborated, the result was was The Man from UNCLE, which was absolutely fantastic!

[–]ForrestGumpLostMyCat 154 points155 points  (17 children)

Love that movie so much. It still hurts that we’ll never get a sequel

[–]handi503 102 points103 points  (13 children)

I mean, some of us are still holding out hope for Johnny, Archy, and The Wild Bunch to actually return in "The Real RocknRolla." Hope for an UNCLE sequel can't die yet!

[–]b-roc 28 points29 points  (9 children)

Armie Hammer 

[–]InnocentTailor 54 points55 points  (8 children)

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[–]HalfNatty 33 points34 points  (3 children)

Right. Armie Hammer brought nothing to the role that other actors can’t do. Off the top of my head, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Michael Fassbender and Alan Ritchson in similar roles.

[–]miked1be 27 points28 points  (1 child)

Armie Hammer brought "be big, act wooden, and have a bad Russian accent." Pretty sure Ritchson could pull that off and probably be better at it.

[–]Thumper13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Love that movie, and am a big fan of the original TV show (and TV movie). I will watch the hell out of this, it looks fun.

[–]Looper007 128 points129 points  (1 child)

Seems like a more violent version of the Dirty Dozen/Kelly Heroes type actioner. Ritchie can be very hit and miss for me outside of his Gangster films. But it's great to see Henry Cavill in a leading role, he's always likeable. Reacher's Alan Ritchson too.

I'm glad they aren't holding back with the violence and just going balls to the walls with it. Fingers crossed this one is one of Ritchie's better films.

[–]EditEd2x 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Or just a more stylish British version of Inglorious Bastards.

[–]Comic_Book_Reader 208 points209 points  (56 children)

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare – In theaters April 19. Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, with Henry Golding, and Cary Elwes.

Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare.

[–]my_simple-review 126 points127 points  (37 children)

Winston was determined to defeat the Nazis by any means necessary. I honestly want to learn more about this now, because I'd bet the real story is even more insane than the movie.

[–]Reticent_Fly 88 points89 points  (9 children)

You might enjoy SAS Rogue Heroes on Prime. Similar setup based on the same concept.

[–]caloroin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Nice I was wondering if it was the same story. I liked that show

[–]passionlessDrone 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Book was very good. Have not watched the tv adaptation.

[–]Captain-Mainwaring 48 points49 points  (16 children)

Not the SAS but there's also the story of the Commando's who sailed wooden pleasure boats and a WW1 lightly armed and armoured ship vaguely looking like a German ship up to St Nazaire. The intent was to blow up the only dock large enough on that side of Europe to dock the Bismark class battlship.

They somehow pulled this off and at least half survived although most ended up as POWs what with essentially stranding themselves in Nazi-occupied France.

[–]ResidentNarwhal 30 points31 points  (6 children)

It wasn’t a pleasure boat. It was a full on surplus British destroyer they rammed the dry dock with.

(England had a lot of destroyers built at the tail end of WWI that were immediately laid up as surplus. Basically brand new but wholly obsolete by 1940)

It’s hard to say what the “based on” will be about. There’s the story of a British counter-intel that found a cadaver of a homeless man, dressed it up in British uniform with “fake war planes labeled TOP SECRET”. They tossed off the coast Spain counting on fascist Spain giving the fake plans to Hitler. Plans were for invading Greece and a feint invasion of Sicily. When they planned on Sicily not being a feint but the actual plan all along.

[–]levork 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"Operation Mincemeat", which was released in 2021, was entirely about that ploy. Starring both of the modern Mr. Darcys!

[–]Captain-Mainwaring 15 points16 points  (2 children)

That was HMS Campbeltown which is that I mentioned as the aged WW1 ship. Loaded with explosives about a third of the way down from the bow at the bottom of the ship which turned out to be the perfect spot for the bomb. The pleasure boats were the craft they were expected to evac on once they'd rammed the dock and blown up the pump stations and control rooms.

[–]PejicFilip 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Alex Pettyfer s is a name I haven’t heard in a bit

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (10 children)

Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Hero Beauregard is a nephew or something of Ralph Fiennes, iirc. Talented family, tho presumably the aristocratic background and dosh didn’t hurt their career chances either. 

[–]karateema 12 points13 points  (3 children)

He was the abusive eyebrows guy in the After movies

[–]participationmedals 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He also played a young Voldemort

[–]scondileeza99 27 points28 points  (3 children)

wasn’t this Christopher Lee’s outfit? before he became Dracula?

[–]NeedsToShutUp 29 points30 points  (1 child)

I believe he was SOE, but this movie seems specifically about the No. 62 Commando, which Lee was not part of.

[–]zjm555 339 points340 points  (11 children)

2 Inglourious 2 Basterd

[–]userwithusername 58 points59 points  (9 children)

Inglorious Basterds: Stuttgart Grift

[–]NaturesWar 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Elektrischer Boogaloo!

[–]Worthyness 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Even had Hugo Stiglitz in the cast!

[–]PlebeianGentleman 43 points44 points  (1 child)

Guy Ritchie’s Inglorious Basterds

[–]Toidal 72 points73 points  (3 children)

Plug for SAS:Rogue Heroes, a tv show also about the beginnings of the SAS with plenty of that biting british wit that helped win WW2

[–]Gastro_Jedi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rogue Heroes is GREAT. This looks equally cool

[–]MemeHermetic 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Distinguished Cary Elwes? Yes, I'll take two. Also I'll follow Dr. M'benga's cheekbones into battle anytime.

I love how Cavill is taking wild swings on the scripts he's choosing but they all funnel back down to "witty English spy". I'm enjoying it so far.

My early prediction based on nothing is this is going to be a solid film.

[–]libroian 177 points178 points  (9 children)

Inglorious Basterds that is less talky and more basterdy? I'm game.

*I love Inglorious Basterds just to be clear though.

[–]BoyznGirlznBabes 48 points49 points  (2 children)

ON A BOAT!

[–]TheFeelsGoodMan 28 points29 points  (0 children)

"Row us closer so I can get my scalps!"

[–]Nater_the_Greater 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Inglorious Basterds 2: Cruise Control

[–]moki_martus 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Inglorious Ungentlemen

[–]I_am_BEOWULF 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And has Hugo Stiglitz too! (though I think he's actually playing an actual German Nazi in this one).

[–]mickeyflinn 137 points138 points  (9 children)

That is certainly a Guy Ritchie movie...

[–]Toidal 56 points57 points  (6 children)

With some minor tweaks you could turn it into a Matthew Vaughn movie.

And I don't mean just cause Cavill is in both recent ones, it feels like they're stylistic similar

[–]2KYGWI 42 points43 points  (2 children)

Given that Vaughn and Ritchie used to work together early in their careers, it kinda makes sense.

[–]Budgiesaurus 7 points8 points  (1 child)

He produced Lock, Stock... and Snatch, so he at least had a hand in two of Ritchie's most famous movies

[–]Casanova_Fran 14 points15 points  (1 child)

I dont know, I didnt see a snorry cam shot yet. Its my favorite 

[–]TheCosmicFailure 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Its cool that we get to see Cavill play more of a loose cannon type of character

[–]No_Willingness20 185 points186 points  (19 children)

Is it me or does Alan Ritchson look like he's just walked off the set of Reacher and couldn't be fucked to change clothes? Everyone else is wearing period accurate attire and he's just wearing t-shirt and jeans.

[–]ben_db 175 points176 points  (10 children)

I presume he's playing an American, during the 1940s T-shirts became common among the US military, particularly the Navy, which would make sense.

It does look out of place though.

[–]LumiereGatsby 90 points91 points  (1 child)

Jeans had been around for decades and decades by then and if he’s a poor man fighting the war he could be outta a Steinbeck esthetic

[–]Carninator 26 points27 points  (3 children)

He's actually playing Anders Lassen. Can't wait for the ridiculous accent!

Not that it really matters for what looks to be an action comedy loosely based on real events, but wish they wouldn't cast 40 year olds to play real guys in their early twenties.

[–]Toidal 41 points42 points  (3 children)

$20 they refer to him as "The American" in that condescending British tone, and that when he's first introduced he's going to be sporting a white tee, jeans and black leather jacket ala a Greaser from West Side Story. He'll have the same backbiting attitude of the british characters but less clever and more direct as is the brash American stereotype.

[–]ben_db 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Introduced with a gritty guitar soundtrack with big gaps, with jump cuts between a slow motion shot from waist level with a gun over his shoulder and a cigar, and shots of him shooting nazis.

[–]EctoRiddler 85 points86 points  (2 children)

They begged him to change but he flexed and said he was between Reacher takes and only had 30 minutes. Then he walked on the set of Fast 11 in the same outfit.

[–]pauloh1998 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Damn, I wonder if they'll CGI 1940s clothes over him

[–]creamy-buscemi 37 points38 points  (1 child)

At least he borrowed Dave Bautista’s glasses from Blade Runner 2049

[–]Ape-ril 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s in the contract that he has to show muscle.

[–]alucard_relaets_emem 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one whose been waiting for Henry Cavill just to let loose and let British side flow

[–]eec-gray 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavil, Nazis? Say no more fam.

[–]Leo_TheLurker 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Woooo ensemble movie! And Alan Ritchson is in it that’s hype!

[–]Noodle-Works 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Watching this trailer makes me long for 'The Man From UNCLE 2, 3, 4, 5...'

That could have been a wonderful world.

But I'll watch this gladly. I'm almost glad Cavill escaped superman so he can do more fun projects like this.

[–]my_simple-review 38 points39 points  (0 children)

You had me at "killin' Nazis".

[–]geologicalnoise 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mischievous Henry Cavill is something I'm there for. He looks like he's having fun getting to act out a bit while mocking the gentleman persona.

Plus killing a bunch of nazis with Reacher?

Sign me up, I'm there.

[–]Old-Time6863 10 points11 points  (0 children)

God I hate the:

Trailer. Starts. Now!

Just fucking start it!

[–]ragingdemocrat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Watching Nazis die is always a good time.

[–]tramdog 28 points29 points  (3 children)

Funny how every time a trailer gets posted on this sub, the first comments to rise to the top are always something like "A movie with X and Y? Looks good!"

[–]Bellikron 29 points30 points  (9 children)

There's potential, but it's giving me a bit too much of an Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre vibe (admittedly that might be because of Carey Elwes playing essentially the same role). It feels like Guy Ritchie's been trying to walk a three-way tightrope between the gangster movies, the tight action movies, and the fun action romp that kind of blends the two. He's demonstrated he can still do all three in recent years (The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man, and Man from UNCLE/Sherlock Holmes, respectively) but it feels like he sometimes gets lost in that triangle, with Operation Fortune not feeling like it knew what it wanted to be.

[–]TheBlackSwarm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Guy Ritchie’s Inglorious Bastards

Looks like Henry Cavill had a blast with this I’m in.

[–]MattyBeatz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed the Ritchie/Cavill combo in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Awesome to see them collaborating again.

[–]TheNotoriousWD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Killing Nazi’s never goes out of fashion