John Madden, the Oscar-winning director of ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ directs a drama based on real events starring Colin Firth with dedication
It’s not the first and won’t be the last time a movie depicts an operation “that changed the course of World War II.” Based on Ben MacIntyre’s bestselling book, openly inspired by a true story, “The Weapon of Deception” has a powerful and successful cast staging a military disinformation maneuver that allowed the Allies to rise up against Hitler. In their desire to storm the island of Sicily, two highly experienced intelligence officers devised a seemingly insane strategy to hit the table and avoid a massacre during the invasion. His greatest asset was to wield the figure of a secret agent, based on the adventures of a man…death.
This spy drama is directed by John Madden, who won an Oscar in his day for his work behind the camera in ‘Shakespeare in Love’. ‘The Sloane Affair’, the last film in his filmography in relation to its release, received excellent reviews, confirming the good record of the creative side of a solvent director who doesn’t always take risks but usually wins. His latest work is inferior to the political film starring Jessica Chastain, but he keeps the pulse and deliberately leads an artistic team led by Oscar winner Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’; who is joined by Emmy winner Kelly Macdonald, featured in the beautiful ‘Line of Duty’ series; Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”), Penelope Wilton (“The Exotic Marigold Hotel”), Johnny Flynn (“Emma”), Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter”, Hattie Morahan (“State Secrets”), Simon Russell Beale (“Mary, Queen of Scots”), Paul Ritter (“The Capture”), James Fleet (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”) and Mark Gatiss (“The Favourite”).
‘The Weapon of Deception’ is set in 1943, when the Allies attempted to regain control of Nazi-occupied Europe. The development of the mission to protect the skin of the troops, its elaborate ingenuity, is the most interesting part of the images, in which the secondary plots go limp and the action does not always fit the intrigue. The rhythm is the best of the set, with a nose for entertainment. This is a war thriller that can remind us of other titles in the same direction, to the point where it seems like a mosaic of ideas from here and there, exalted by Firth’s acting, always effective in staging, well accompanied by a casting with the necessary charisma to fool the right viewer. A premiere of which to watch is one in times of war.
Source: La Verdad
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