Ah, the movie where Henry Cavill IS James Bond!
Gus is a hardcase, but when Britain needs someone to carry out an unsanctioned mission against the Nazis, he's the chap they get. He gathers his own small crew of men, and they go off, with an undercover agent and a spy lady, to capture a core boat in the Nazi war effort.
This is "based on" Operation Postmaster. I'm willing to accept there was an Operation Postmaster, and it did involve dealing with the boat, but I doubt they were all as suave and unruffled as portrayed here. Although I do hope that Nazis were dealt to as much as they were here.
As everyone has British Stiff Upper Lip, there isn't much to distinguish Henry Cavill from Alan Ritchson from Babs Olusanmokun from Eiza Gonzalez aside from their physical appearances (because their personalities were pretty much interchangable. Indeed you could swap about Gus for Appleyard and I doubt anyone would notice). The sequences are well shot, the dialogue is fine, and Guy Ritchie is giving us a solid picture without being too exciting.
And Cary Elwes effortlessly dominates every scene he is in. Yay!
A decent watch, but not an amazing one.
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