It is generally accepted that the total is more than the sum of the parts. For Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre the reverse is true.
The chase to secure the AI Handle, a device that can control all information systems in use on the Planet brings us to many scenic views particularly in Turkey. Fly over shots and some of the inside are spectacular. Jason Statham is the same guy as in most of his films tough, strong, and unbendable in the lead role.
Hugh Grant plays against his usual type, he is the main bad guy with the money and forces to gain control of the AL Handle and destroy the economic system everywhere. He expects to then control the world economy by hoarding gold.
Aubrey Plaza is presented as the smart systems character making things happen hat the big guys want to happen. But in reality she is there for looks, a little eye candy for the audience.
Josh Hartnett who has been involved in various productions of recent years but nothing as big as Pearl Harbor is the venerable actor who is attempting to learn from gangster Hugh Grant how to play that style of character for his next film. In the role he appears a little lost on the reality of the moment.
With plenty of action, explosions, escapes, double cross after double cross there is plenty here to make an effective action film. But it never comes together if feels like many little parts that collide with each other from time to time but never truly jell together.