In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons (www.imdb.com).
Director: Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows)
Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Hugh Grant
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is your typical action film. A number of aspects make it a cut above the rest. Firstly, is the relationship between the two agents, American CIA smooth-talker Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and Russian KGB mad-man Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer). Their connection and mockery towards each other is witty. It's their job to protect the daughter of a nuclear weapons expert and bring down those who intend to make them. Alicia Vikander is simply sexy without trying, making viewers melt with her looks and accent. Henry Cavill can't help but look like Superman in disguise, but plenty for women viewers to swoon over too. The story frays, stretching out to last, but the trio of actors keep U.N.C.L.E smart and bright so it doesn't bother. This film and the Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes films are marginally different from Snatch and Lock Stock in context, but far more PC. Guy Ritchie does, however, keep us infused with a decent script, fantastic production and intelligent action, giving Mr. Bond a run for his money.
4/5
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