The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Review

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a 2024 spy action comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Guy Ritchie, and starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding and Alex Pettyfer. Based on the 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis, the film portrays a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Postmaster.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare had its premiere on April 13, 2024, in New York and was released in the United States on April 19, 2024.
Cast
Henry Cavill as Gus March-Phillipps
Eiza González as Marjorie Stewart
Alan Ritchson as Anders Lassen
Henry Golding as Freddy Alvarez
Alex Pettyfer as Geoffrey Appleyard
Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Henry Hayes
Babs Olusanmokun as Mr. Heron
Cary Elwes as Brigadier Gubbins 'M'
Til Schweiger as Heinrich Luhr
Henrique Zaga as Captain Binea
Rory Kinnear as Winston Churchill
Danny Sapani as Kambili Kalu
Freddie Fox as Ian Fleming
Olaf Kayhan as Train Nazi
Mert Dincer as Compound Nazi
Ethel von Brixham
Koray Tarman as Train Nazi
Nail Abdrakhmanov as Train Nazi
Release
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare had its premiere on April 13, 2024, in New York and was released in the United States on April 19, 2024, by Lionsgate.
Reception
Box office
In the United States, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was released alongside Abigail and Spy × Family Code: White, and was projected to gross $5-8 million from 2,845 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $3.7 million on its first day, including $1.45 million from previews. It went on to debut to $9 million, finishing fourth behind Civil War, Abigail, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. In its second weekend it dropped 57% to gross $3.86 million, finishing sixth.
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 118 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Cranking up a true story of derring-do into a high-octane action flick that's heavy on spectacle if not suspense, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is another solid entry into Guy Ritchie's pantheon." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an 88% positive score.