“Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” (** out of four) was a cumbersome action thriller about an elite special agent (Jason Statham who can play this role in his sleep by now) who is ordered to track down and stop a billionaire arms broker (Hugh Grant) and is forced to team up with a Hollywood movie star (Josh Hartnett) to stop his reign of terror and save the world. Lots of action and flash make this watchable on a draggy night but story is almost incoherent at times and tough to care about. By this point, you wouldn’t expect anything less from the likes of writer/director Guy Ritchie. This marks his fifth collaboration with Statham but they should have quit while they were ahead with “Snatch.”

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