Operation: Endgame (2010)

Operation Endgame is a very strange movie. I didn’t know a lot about it and when you start watching it, it seems to be a thriller about espionage, but it quickly becomes clear that it’s a very violent movie in which the members of the two opposing teams (shown above) attack each other with any “weapon” they can find arround the office (there are no guns as they are not allowed). So think about staple removers or paper cutters. This results in some very bloody scenes.

Rob Corddry is very funny in the movie and reminded me of his role in Hot Tub Time Machine. He is very rude, but that’s the reason it will make you laugh. I thought he was the best thing in this movie. There are a lot of well-known actor in this movie. Zach Galifianakis, Ving Rhames, Maggie Q (who I remember from her role in Mission Impossible III), Emilie de Ravin (Lost) and Ellen Barkin (I can’t remember any movies with her in it, the last one is 1991’s Switch). Don’t expect to see a lot of them though as most of them get very little screen time and meet their demise very quickly.
I liked the two security men who see all the action on their security system and comment on it like they are watching a sports game, they had me laughing.

The movie tries to surprise you with an unexpected twist, but by the time this happens you will not really care anymore. This movie gave me the same feeling I had with Smokin Aces 2. The different characters have so little screen time and no character development at all that you actually will not care what happens to them. Despite the humor I didn’t like this movie. I thought the violence was a bit too much (and I usually don’t mind watching something like this) and the story itself was almost non-existant. My advice: Avoid it!

Score: 4