Quentin Tarantino has invented a lot of new ways of showcasing insanity on film, but one thing he didn’t invent was killing Nazis on a mass scale. However, Inglourious Basterds certainly made an art form out of it. Get a bunch of handsome and charismatic lads together, drop them behind enemy lines, and let them dispatch the Third Reich in increasingly unpleasant ways.
Fifteen years later, another filmmaker took that basic recipe, added Superman and Reacher, and somehow made the whole thing even more insane, which is quite impressive given how bonkers this true story — sort of — actually want. Ritchson and Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) star in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which has officially surged 31 places to No. 9 on JustWatch’s U.S. streaming movie chart following its arrival on Netflix. The film has also climbed to No. 2 among movies on Netflix in the United States, finally finding the kind of audience that largely avoided it in theaters.
Loosely inspired by real events, the movie follows a secret group of unconventional operatives recruited to undertake a dangerous mission against Nazi forces during World War II. Cavill stars as Gus March-Phillipps, a real-life figure whom author Ian Fleming claimed was among the inspirations for James Bond.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Who Stars in ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’?
Alongside Cavill and Ritchson, the movie stars Eiza González (Baby Driver) as Marjorie Stewart, Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) as Geoffrey Appleyard, Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) as Henry Hayes, Babs Olusanmokun (Wrath of Man) as Heron, Henry Golding (The Gentlemen) as Freddy Alvarez, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as Brigadier Gubbins, and Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) as Winston Churchill. Guy Ritchie directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Arash Amel. The movie is based on Damien Lewis’ book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII, with Jerry Bruckheimer among its producers.
The movie’s streaming success is a rather happier story than its theatrical performance. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare earned only around $29 million during its original run, but audiences who actually saw it were considerably more enthusiastic. It currently carries a 91% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, compared with a 68% critics’ score.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is streaming now on Netflix in the United States.
