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FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Rogue's Gallery, given the slightly lamer title of Operation: Endgame, is a very odd little amalgamation of extreme violence, comedic banter and wannabe spy intrigue. It concerns a group of government agents holed up in some remote bunker, basically taking each other out one by one after someone among them murders their boss, Emporer (Bob Odenkirk). The cast is made up of two types of actors: sleek, distinct genre bad asses and quirky, less aesthetically streamlined comedians who stand out in this type of material very strangely. Fool (Joe Anderson) is the rookie, being shown the ropes of his first day by Chariot (a hilarious Rob Cordry). That's where the plot starts, and that is also where it lost me. The rest of the film is just all of them bickering until it gets way beyond words, and then murdering each other in shamelessly gratuitous ways. Ellen Barkin stands out as Empress, a b&@tchy old tart who has it in for Devil (Jeffrey Tambor) another senior operative. Emilie De Ravin steps wayyyy outside her comfort zone as Hierophant, a psychotic little doll faced southern Belle who gives hulking Juggernaut (Ving Rhames) a run for his money. There's also work from Odette Yustman, Maggie Q, Adam Scott, Brandon T. Jackson, and Zach Galifianakis as a weird character that I still can't figure out, perhaps because he does not much of anything at all except mope around wearing a hazmat suit and looking very hungover. It's cool to see these actors give each other hell and fight like two raccoons in a burlap sack (the violence in this is really vicious, especially when Ravin is involved), if not much else. Very odd stuff.

Jeff Allen This movie gets a 10 because Joe Anderson is in it! He is an excellent actor! I have enjoyed his performances every since I first saw him in "The Crazies". He is wonderful in everything he does. I am slowly buying every DVD he is in. He is a beautiful man with wonderful talents. Did you know he sings? How about that he's a gymnast? Just gaze into those beautiful blue eyes and I guarantee you will be swept away too! I don't know how his wife handles having that sexy man around all the time!? Please begin watching Joe Anderson's performances. Let's make him a SUPER star! I'm sure he is enjoying the movies he is making now, but I believe he deserves so much more. I wish I knew how I could help his career.

MBunge What happened to the funny? This thing started out funny. Its premise of CIA black ops as just another corporate work environment was funny. Rob Corddry was absolutely killing it with the funny. Then…the funny went away. I don't know where it went. I don't know why it went. All I know is this bait-and-switch replaced the funny with limp political commentary and fight scenes that ranged from passable to "I've seen better hand-to-hand combat on Star Trek".I hesitate to describe this film's set up because you might be tempted to watch it no matter how much I tell you it ends up sucking. Well, here goes…On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, a new agent (Joe Anderson) starts work at The Factory. That's the super-secret base of two teams of competing spies/assassins, Alpha and Omega, who are basically responsible for every bad thing that's every happened in the world. The teams hate each other with a passion and are a combination of corporate stereotypes like the Aging Slut (Ellen Barkin), the Alcoholic Burnout (Rod Corddry) and the Office Weirdo (Brandon T. Jackson). Then the guy in charge of The Factory turns up dead, a self-destruct program is triggered and the two teams need to work together to escape, but they decide killing each other is a better way to spend their time.Everything about the beginning of Operation: Endgame plays out like a satire of corporate culture. From the agents all working out of little cubicles to those cubicles having name plates with the agents' code names, there are so many little touches that are laugh out loud when you notice them. And by starting out with the over-the-top anger and bitterness of Corddry's character being paired off with the blank slate of Joe Anderson's new guy, everything seems primed for this to be a delightful black comedy. Then…the funny goes away.Aside from a few scenes with Ellen Barkin, this movie abandons jokes and humorous transposition of corporate ethos into the world of James Bond and Jason Borne. Instead, it turns into an action/espionage romp, with a cast that mostly doesn't know how to stage fight, that slobbers all over you with the Bush to Obama transfer as a metaphor. It devolves from something truly clever into the same crap you've seen a thousand times before, just a bit more pretentious this time around.I'm usually not disappointed by bad movies because their badness is made clear early on. With Operation: Endgame, however, it's like the first third of the script was written by a smart person trying to have some fun and the rest was written by someone less smart who was just trying to earn a paycheck. If you do watch this film, take my advice. When you notice you've gone 5 minutes without laughing at anything, turn it off because it's not going to get any better.

FlashCallahan Literally painful to watch from beginning to end, the film, depends on what side of the pond your on to the the title, comprises of a few recognisable actors who have been good in classic movies, trying to kill each other finding a mole.This should have been a blast, it could have been so funny, there is some talent here, who can deliver some cracking pieces of dialogue, but when the script and the story is as bad as this, it shows not even the most sarcastic, scathing comment can be given justice.If you fancy the film from the cover of the blu-ray, heed warning, Galifiniakis is in the film for about five minutes all in all, and sounds most of this time doing nothing. He's in it for no real reason at all.Rhames is in it, but not for long, and whenever i saw him in this, i just yearned for Marcellus, or even diamond dog.The rest of the cast are risible, to keep the steady awfulness of the film going. The guy from HTTM is as annoying as ever, Maggie Q looks as bored as hell, and Brandon T. Jackson, wears a false nose.Ellen Barkin gives the best performance to be fair, but then her put downs become yawn-some.This is sloppy film making at it's worse.Avoid.