Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is a 2023 spy action-comedy directed by Guy Ritchie, who co-wrote it with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. It stars Jason Statham as spy Orson Fortune, alongside Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone and Hugh Grant. Fortune’s freelance intelligence team recruits a movie star to get close to a billionaire arms broker and stop the sale of a stolen piece of technology.

Spy action played for wit needs its effects to be loud and invisible in the same breath. Firefights and set pieces draw on ballistic and pyrotechnic simulation, vehicle and aerial work, and CG environments and matte painting that stitch a handful of shooting locations into one plausible globe-trotting itinerary. Around them sit the quieter tasks: screen and interface comps, muzzle flashes, wire, rig and harness removal, and the cleanup that lets a stunt stay funny rather than fake. Terminal FX contributed visual effects and animation to Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre as part of its film, television and commercial portfolio.