Operation: Endgame 2010 Review

Director: Fouad Mikati

Writer: Brian Watanabe

Starring: Zach Galifianakis(Hermit), Emilie de Ravin(Heirophant), Maggie Q(High Priestess), Odette Yustman(Temperence), Rob Corddry(Chariot), Adam Scott(Magician), Ellen Barkin(Empress), Ving Rhames(Judgement), Brandon T. Jackson(Tower), Jeffrey Tambor(Devil), Joe Anderson(Fool), Beth Grant(Interviewer), Bob Odenkirk(Emperor), Tim Bagley(Carl), Michael Hitchcock(Neal), Matt Baker(Bathroom Victim)

Review:

            Operation:Endgame is a movie having excellent story but heavy cast unnecessarily utilized and ill-managed by the director. Initial thirty minutes of Operation:Endgame have been wasted away in the introduction of a big cast and rest of the time owner of the venture has revolved fans clockwise for nothing but odd action.

            Operation: Endgame revolves around two teams of expert assassins and spies have pointed their guns over each other instead of fighting against enemies of the country. Located somewhere near core of the earth and under the Washington D.C ground's surface a facility has been built not by government's approval but some top guns have approved it. The central character of the movie is newly hired spy who has arrived at the office to start his job but finds his boss killed and the whole building being turned into a ticking time bomb. Employees of the two teams working in this facility built under a factory get their code names from Tarot cards. Conflict starts when newly hired spy "The Fool"(Joe Anderson) reports on his first day and discovers that his boss has been assassinated. Two spy organizations Alpha headed by Empress(Barkin) and Omega headed by Emperor(Odenkirk) goes into conflict resulting into the assassination of Devil(Tambor)who keeps a watch over these organizations. Their headquarters have been locked and is about to explode. Now its hell of a first day at a new job. The fool has to find the killer and abandon the building before members of opposite band finds him or building goes down. The calm building has suddenly turned into slaughter house when agents of Alpha starts killing members of Omega and all of them are running for their lives.

            The director tried to make Operation: Endgame hit at the Box office by dumping big guns of the industry and not emphasizing upon quality. Fouad Mikati directing his first movie has let the whole venture into a complete mess which could have ended to a blockbuster if he had tried some other line of action. With two plus points i.e having experienced actors and a decent story anybody having slight idea of film-making could have managed to deliver better than this, but after watching "Operation: Endgame" my thirst of watching quality action movies was left unquenchable with a feeling that it was not worth money spending.