Guy Ritchie’s war movie with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

The film has earned comparisons to The Dirty Dozen and Inglourious Basterds.

The film is billed in its opening title card as being "based on a true story taken from Winston Churchill's confidential files declassified in 2016".

It sees Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, The Witcher) play an imprisoned soldier during World War II who is freed from jail by his army superiors, including future James Bond author Ian Fleming (Freddie Fox, Slow Horses), under the orders of Prime Minister Churchill (Rory Kinnear, Penny Dreadful).

This is because he has been tasked to lead a "top-secret combat unit composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks" on a daring mission against the Nazis using "entirely unconventional and utterly 'ungentlemanly' fighting techniques.

"Ultimately, their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare," the plot synopsis reads.

Co-starring as the members of Cavill's character's team are Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker), Alan Ritchson (Reacher), Babs Olusanmokun (Dune), Danny Sapani (Penny Dreadful), Eiza González (Ambulance), Henry Golding (The Gentlemen) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (The Woman King).

Also part of the ensemble cast is Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Henrique Zaga (The New Mutants) and Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds).

Essentially, Guy Ritchie's lighter, more comedic take on such war adventure flicks like The Dirty Dozen and Inglourious Basterds, The Ministry earned mostly positive reviews from critics.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare airs on BBC One tonight at 11pm.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Challengers - BBC Three - 9pm

American tennis champion Art Donaldson enters a low-level tournament to regain confidence ahead of the 2021 US Open, only to find former doubles partner Patrick Zweig in the draw.

Magic Mike's Last Dance - RTÉ Two - 10.30pm

2023 comedy, starring Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek.

Monster Hunter - Channel 4 - 12.05am

An elite military team is transported to a deadly desert world and must fight to survive.

Notting Hill - E4 - 8pm

Iconic 1999 romantic comedy written by Richard Curtis, starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus and Gina McKee.

Hidden Agenda - Legend - 3.30am

The murder of a Grand Jury witness alerts former government agent Jason Price to the existence of an FBI conspiracy to keep the lid on corruption in high places.