3 Years On, Ritchie and Statham’s Spy Thriller Returns Thanks to Bond Fans

Three years after hitting theaters, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre has found a new audience on Prime Video in America, becoming one of the platform’s most popular films over the past week. Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham first worked together in the late 90s on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels — Statham’s feature acting debut — and reunited two years later for Snatch.

They later collaborated on Revolver, returned together for Wrath of Man 16 years after Revolver, and most recently teamed on Operation Fortune. Ritchie directed and co-wrote Operation Fortune, which co-stars Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett and Eddie Marsan.

The spy thriller follows a high-level operative who teams with a Hollywood movie star to stop the sale of illegal weapons technology; it grossed $48 million worldwide against a $50 million budget and holds 51% from critics and 82% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

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