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) to win over star-obsessed arms dealer Greg Simmonds who is ironically throwing a big event for his war orphan charity on his glamorous yacht off Cannes. With Fidel posing as his girlfriend, and also becoming the object of Simmond’s desires, the actor reluctantly takes on the role after being essentially blackmailed into doing it . Meanwhile an arch rival of Fortune’s, Mike also has designs on the world changing device and sets about to get it himself.
Shot mostly in Turkey which doubles for several international locales, Ritchie has co-written a smart script with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies that may not rise to the level of his gritty earlier triumphs like, but if you ask me is miles above some of his bigger budgeted bloated flicks likeSherlock HolmesRitchie, more recently has returned more to his roots with some solid genre pictures likewhich he is now turning into a TV series for Netflix.
The director has a knack for casting and letting actors shine. Statham does what Statham does best here, an infinitely watchable screen action presence, and he is well matched against Grant’s hilarious and slippery arms dealer. Grant , as with the sleazy tabloid reporter inalmost seems to be doing another hommage to Michael Caine here, but it is another later career example of the versatility of this terrific actor.
Producers are Bill Block, Ritchie, and Atkinson. Lionsgate opens it in the U.S. on Friday in a wide release.
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