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Judging from the dark opening credits and earnestly scripted initial scene, you might wonder if Operation: Endgame is supposed to be an actual action drama. But don’t worry — even though the film maintains the modest tone and earnest score of a totally serious spy thriller, this movie is a satire, and a funny one at that. Not that you’d have any trouble discerning this by five minutes into the story. We begin with a new recruit ( Joe Anderson ) to the government’s most top-secret spy organization, The Factory, receiving an awesomely severe verbal beating from his new co-worker, codenamed “Chariot” ( Rob Corddry ). In between sips from a revolver-shaped flask, strategically orchestrated “your mom” jokes, and an ongoing carpet f-bombing, Chariot explains to the new hire (who receives the code name “the Fool”) how their covert network of assassins works. The whole program is divided into two teams, Alpha and Omega, who keep the military-industrial complex alive by tackling opposing sides of every issue and conflict, competing with each other to perpetuate the cycle that keeps them all employed