The Man From U.N.C.L.E movie revels in
the 1960s glory days of the Cold War. It was a popular television show that
perhaps should have stayed on the small screen. Audiences are not embracing it,
but I think you’ll be amused if you wait for DVD or streaming. Henry Cavill is
Napoleon Solo, the oh so slick American agent. Armie Hammer is the stoic
Russian spy. The two are first seen trying to kill each other in a mission.
Then they find they are being assigned to work together to keep a nuke out of
the hands of evildoers. Their key is Alicia Vikander, the daughter of a famous
physicist who’s being held captive.
Stylish clothes, stylish digs, fancy travel, and old
fashioned teamwork keep the plot moving along. Then there’s an appearance by
Hugh Grant as a British spy coordinator. His bumbling graciousness adds class
to the project. The movie is very light and rather silly, but that’s okay. It
pales next to Mission Impossible, but that’s okay. If you don’t
want to think too hard, The Man From U.N.C.L.E is okay.
I enjoyed the television series so I'll probably like the film. Not sure I'll get to the theater to see it though.
ReplyDeletelike I said, it's amusing. Armie makes "superman" look like a munchkin. It's fun to remember when there were no cell phones - how the heck did anything get done?
DeleteI remember the TV show. I will probably wait to see this on DVD, I think.
ReplyDeleteYou're good about seeing and reading a range of materials, so that we don't have to. Smiles. I'm okay with that. Thank you, in fact.
ReplyDeleteI mean it is man from U.N.C.L.E we are talking about! Never was a serious heavy weight show. I was always more of a parody of the Mission Impossible type shows. Sometimes it is refreshing to watch some fun fluff! Thanks for the take on it!
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It was a parody. I wasn't. Well, I may be, but I'd be a parody of something else.
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