The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

I knew going in that this was going to be junky, but I had no idea the thoroughgoing awfulness in store. First, Henry Cavill is so devoid of charm and interest that the part would have been better played by a mannequin. If you thought he was bad as Superman/Clark Kent hang on to your hat. Then you have the story, which is paper-thin and nonsensical. That, in itself, doesn't doom a movie with lots of other things going for it, but when everything else is bad, a weak plot is just more wood on the bonfire. Then there's the style. Ritchie went for a quick cross-cutting between the Cavill action and the Armie Hammer/Alicia Vikander action, which did not work at all, again mostly because what they were up to was uninteresting. The oft-interrupted budding romance between Hammer and Vikander has no chemistry. Cavill's Bondesque nailing of the hotel front desk clerk and the ice queen villain are totally perfunctory. See what I said above about his lack of charm -- Never before has a male hero's sexual conquests been so obviously inserted to check off an item on a list of tropes, rather than growing naturally from the character. The unbelievable feats of daring-do pile up so fast and thick that you will be buried under a mountain of WTF moments, like Hammer in a car chase on foot. The torture scene is an extremely misjudged tone shift. Characters do things that have no point in the story and aren't explained in terms of character development -- like Vikander downing a bottle of booze. I could go on and on, but you get the point.

Just saw it recently... and it is awesome... a must watch movie even in 2018 if haven't seen it yet.

I really love this movie even though it is nothing like the original TV series that I watched as a kid. Beautifully cast and well observed but some of the language is too modern. A great film to watch if you love great cars, fashion and beautiful people!

...in most cases I do not waste time reviewing Hollywood movies; even older ones, because there s enough good reviewers and with those opinions you just have pretty all covered; so is only to contribute with the other members trying to state clearly that the 7.6 in the ranking that you see, is too much for this very movie.Saying that, regarding the movie itself, is very precise what another commentator is saying about the main characters that "were updated from what was allowable in 60s television to satisfying and engaging modern versions of their original incarnations..." this is key for big Hollywood productions; if not how do you compete with those fast and furious et all?-The acting is bad, too "static" without chemistry between the characters. 6os original series has comedy and s special humor; well you do not have any of that here. Also half of the time is just pointless with useless scenes, scenes that do not contribute anything to the plot; by the way which one? You can add that there are more than one fail in the story.About the good things: The colors are very good, may be not top quality like with Tarantinos movies. It has several very good shots with good photography and couple of tweaks here and there as you expect with a movie directed by G R.The attention to the details in the wardrobe, make up, vehicles, etc is remarkable but is not so much to save the final product.Not only pretty faces is needed, sometimes a bit of charm and style is OK too; ahh, acting too.