Operation Endgame 2010 - DVD Release

Operation Endgame 2010 is a direct to DVD release. Not to say that it’s inferior to bland and safe studio releases like Cop Out, just that it’s uneven, unpolished and peculiar. A top-secret underground base housing two teams of government assassins meant to keep each other in check use codenames based on the Tarot deck. 

 

Unstable head of the organization the Devil (Jeffrey Tambor, Arrested Development) is murdered by an unknown assailant on the day a new recruit, tagged the Fool (Joe Anderson, The Crazies), shows up. 

 

Still, it's a hoot to watch these performers, even if some of them, such as Odenkirk and Tambor, are sadly underused. A surprisingly restrained Galifianakis -- who clearly participated in this effort before his star began to rise -- is fun as a no-nonsense killer, and Barkin pulls out all the stops with her comically sexy turn that proves she's still got her dangerous erotic allure decades after "Sea of Love."

 

The already volatile grouping decides to split up and pair with a member of the opposing team to search out the killer. Making matters worse, somebody has initiated the facility’s self-destruct sequence, dubbed Operation: Endgame 2010 - DVD Release.

Opens: Friday, July 16 (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
Production: Infinity Media
Cast: Joe Anderson, Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin, Odette Yustman, Zach Galifianakis, Emilie de Ravin, Maggie Q, Adam Scott, Brandon T. Jackson, Beth Grant, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Hancock, Ving Rhames, Jeffrey Tambor
Director: Fouad Mikati
Screenwriter: Sam Levinson
Producers: Sean McKittrick, Michael Ohoven, Kevin Turen
Executive producers: Chadwick Clough, Jeff Culotta, Albert T. Dickinson III, Ted Hamm, Bill Johnson, Kevin Kasha, Richard Kelly, Jim Seibel
Director of photography: Arnaud Stefani
Editor: Joshua Ferrazzano
Production design: Michael Grasley
Costume design: Bonnie Stauch
Music: Ian Honeyman
Rated R, 82 minutes