"The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" Partial poster image.
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare is sneaking onto digital streaming mere weeks after its theatrical release.
Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was released in theaters on April 19. According to The Numbers, the film has taken in $18.4 million at the domestic box office and just over $286,000 in international theaters for a combined worldwide tally of $18.7 million to date.
IMDb reports that the film — which is loosely based on a real-life mission spearheaded by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II — had a production budget of $60 million, which doesn’t include prints and advertising costs.
In an apparent hurry to recoup the film’s production and marketing spends, Lionsgate Films is releasing the movie on premium video on demand Friday. The film will be available for purchase for $24.99 on such digital platforms as Prime Video and AppleTV+. The movie will also be available for digital rental.
Most titles that are available for digital purchase for $24.99 rent out at $19.99 for a 48-hour rental period that begins once you start watching the film.
Who Stars In ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’?
Billed as an action war drama, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a fictionalized telling of a true-life mission during World War II called Operation Postmaster.
An undercover operation commissioned by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Operation Postmaster marked the UK’s first-ever special forces mission during WWII. Formally known as the Special Operations Executive, the objective of the mission is to thwart a Nazi U-Boat supply operation off the coast of West Africa.
The core characters in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare are based on real-life people who took part in the mission.
Those people include Gus March-Phillips (Man of Steel star Henry Cavill), Anders Lassen (Reacher star Alan Ritchson), Marjorie Stewart (3 Body Problem star Eiza González) and Ian Fleming (Freddie Fox) — who would go on to author the legendary James Bond spy saga. Rory Kinnear plays the pivotal role of PM Churchill.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare also stars Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Babs Olusanmokun, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Cary Elwes.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare had a decent reception among Rotten Tomatoes critics, who collectively gave the film a 72 percent positive ranking based on 123 reviews.
The site’s Audience Score was much higher, as the film was given a 93% positive rating based on 500+ verified user ratings.
