Rent The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
3.3 of 5 from 788 ratings
1h 52min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- At the height of the Cold War in the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Iliya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) must put aside longstanding hostilities to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation bent on destabilising the fragile balance of world power. With only one lead, the agents race to find a vanished German scientist who is the key to infiltrating the organisation in this cool, stylish action-adventure from director Guy Ritchie.
- Actors:
- Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Christian Berkel, Misha Kuznetsov, Guy Williams, Marianna Di Martino, Julian Michael Deuster, Andrea Cagliesi, Riccardo Calvanese, Peter Stark, David Menkin, Pablo Scola, Cesare Taurasi, Riccardo Flammini
- Directors:
- Guy Ritchie
- Producers:
- Steve Clark-Hall, John Davis, Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram
- Writers:
- Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, Jeff Kleeman, David C. Wilson, Sam Rolfe
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Collections:
- 2016, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Steven Soderbergh
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/12/2015
- Run Time:
- 116 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Norwegian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Guys from U.N.C.L.E.: A part-making-of, part-travelogue, all-attitude look behind the curtain
- Spyvision: Recreating the '60s Cool: The music, the clothes, the design, the cars... the '60s have always been the coolest era
- A Higher Class of Hero
- Metisse Motorcycles: Proper - And Very British
- A Man of Extraordinary Talents
- U.N.C.L.E.: On-Set Spy
- Trailer
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Reviews (10) of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Under-powered misfire - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. review by Alphaville
A po-faced prequel to the TV series that thinks it's cool when it's merely dull. Any fun is squeezed out of it by a talky script and staid direction that constantly brings any narrative drive to a halt. The two leads can do little with their wooden characters, while giving Kuryakin a rage issue is a serious miscalculation. On the extras Guy Ritchie even says he 'didn't want them looking too cool'! And whoever thought it a good idea to include scenes of concentration camp torture?! In keeping with these errors of judgement, the film is burdened with an intensely irritating score by (BAFTA-winning) Daniel Pemberton. Even the Mission Impossible films, good or bad, manage to make exciting use of the old TV theme.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Forget then, enjoy now - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. review by MD
I am neither a great fan of Guy Ritchie films nor very well versed in the original TV series on which this is nominally based, but people who seek to run the film down either because it IS directed by Ritchie or does not conform to their nostalgic memory of the TV series are missing out on what is essentially a neat little film. It is the kind of movie they used to make in the 60s, but done from a modern angle, neither too serious nor too reverent, and essentially just a bit of good fun. Of course, one could be critical about any number of things, but why bother? The story is clear, the performances absolutely fine (Alicia Vikander does a great job of breaking up the macho vibes of the two leads) and the direction mostly very understated, a huge plus compared to other Richie outings. I watched this at home with three generations of my family ranging in age from early twenties to an 89 year old; we ALL enjoyed it. Hey, that has got to say something is right with this movie, and i certainly think it is worth a viewing.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Tired - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. review by wt
Didnt watch the end, first time since ghostbusters 2 I gave up on a film.as I have to right a longer review it was a bad film,
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Critic review
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. review by Adrijan Arsovski - Cinema Paradiso
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. manages to be the most average action movie out there without being mediocre in the slightest, a feat rarely (if ever) accomplished by movie makers nowadays. The undeniable chemistry between leads Cavill and Hammer propels the experience forward without allowing it to ever become boring, but all events play almost too safe for it to become the clever, witty, amusing spy movie it desperately wants to be.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. has all constituents of a spy/action flick which unfortunately are realized almost too formulaic following a spy/action flick pattern. One can say the movie’s never boring, and it wouldn’t be wrong to say it’s also entertaining at times. But, what’s missing at its core is a soul (I’m looking at you – generic movie Hollywood machinery) onto which a decent story should be latched, and events with causality and dependence upon one another should unravel – instead of the infamous “this happened, and then this happened, and then…” – you get the overall idea.
In continuation, and one cannot avoid but ask the question: what happened with Guy Ritchie’s signature shots, motifs and camera angles? Has the final thread of creativity and innovation fallen under the corporate umbrella of the always-thirsty movie-making machine? If so, where are the convention-defying artists that make whole movements sprout out of the melancholy of the ordinary? Well, for starters, you’ll not find them here. To avoid extensive rhetoric, what I’m trying to say is aside from few scenes - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is unimaginative and too formulaic for its own good.
Talking about positives, and we’re getting an-always vibrant Armie Hammer playing a Russian assassin who goes by the name Illya, and whose backstory checks all marks of your stereotypical “agent-turned-rogue” convention. If only somehow the script was better, but oh well – freelance writers have to make a living one way or the other.
Not all is that average however - one scene in particular stuck within my brain: without revealing anything, it plays like a ballet of images and sounds, an idiosyncratic, juxtaposed dance with high stakes and uninvolved characters that show little to no interest to said stakes, and choose to include themselves in alcoholic beverages while others fight for their life. Its seriousness makes it a rather amusing piece that differs from the rest of the movie, in tone, humor and otherwise. Who knew that Guy Ritchie still had it in himself after all this time?
Finally, whether or not it’s worth the time, it’s left for you to decide. Remember however, if you’ve seen Bond’s suave demeanor, Bourne’s martial arts skills and Johnny English’s over-the-top misadventures – then you’ve probably seen 95% of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
P.S. Whether or not it’s an adaptation from a 70’s popular TV series doesn’t add anything to this review in the slightest bit.