Quartile rating: 6/10 · 2 ratings
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.
Operation Fortune is a breezy but middling Guy Ritchie spy caper. The plot is formulaic — a globe-trotting MacGuffin chase with a celebrity-as-asset gimmick that feels recycled from better films. Statham does his reliable thing and Josh Hartnett is a fun comedic foil, but the ensemble isn't given enough to elevate the material. Ritchie's direction is competent and slick but lacks the kinetic invention of his best work; the locations look good without being visually memorable. Novelty is low — it's a by-the-numbers Ritchie spy comedy that retreads familiar territory without a distinctive enough voice to stand apart. The ending resolves tidily but without much tension or surprise, feeling perfunctory rather than satisfying.