Language - English
Director - Guy Ritchie
Run Time - 1 hour, 56 minutes
Genre - Action
Starring - Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer
Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a well made movie and all, but sadly, it falls beneath the level of Guy Ritchie, the director of Snatch, Locks Stocks, RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes series. This movie is very different from his usual movies which are filled with various plots working at the same time and delivering a perfect climax.
Man from U.N.C.L.E. is quite an entertaining movie with Armie Hammer as 'Illya' and Henry Cavill as 'Solo' coming together to form an effective albeit hostile partnership. Add in Alicia Vikander as the 'oh-so-gullible' [is she?] Gaby and we have a charming trio.
The movie set in the Cold War era portrays the American and Russian agents and their contrasting nature perfectly with Solo being all suave and modern and Illya depicted as one preferring everything traditional and old-school. The animosity between these two is what keeps the movie going. Also the awkward romance between pretentious husband and wife Illya and Gaby.
The plot of the movie is very simple. Amidst the cold war rivalry of the two nations, these two agents are teamed up to go against a mutual enemy. The usual tricks of a spy movie are used and the movie is at times quite predictable.
Another thing that works for the movie is the brilliantly shot action sequences which our director Guy Ritchie has somewhat a mastery in. What does not work is thelinear plot of the movie. And what is missing is a good climax. Personally, it seemed too simple the way the enemy was beat.
But does seem like an interesting franchise can grow from here. To add to all this, Cavill and Hammer both show good potential and could become Hollywood A-Listers in the coming years if not considered already. Even Alicia Vikander shows some signs of promise. Looking forward to seeing her in more movies. Was expecting much more from a Guy Ritchie movie though.
My Rating - 6.9/10
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