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Review of Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) by Robert Abele for TheWrap — 01 Mar 2023

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Ritchie has always been a performative director, so maybe Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is right in line with his jocular acts of gutter criminality and Hollywood imitations, existing in a kind of touristy netherworld of entertainment – more a handsomely mounted “ruse” of an action comedy than one itself.

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This review of Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) was written by Robert Abele and published by TheWrap on 01 Mar 2023.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre has generally received mixed reviews.

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