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

Release date: 2015-08-14
Country: USA|UK
Language: English|Russian|German|Italian
Director: Guy Ritchie
Production Co: Warner Bros., RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Wigram Productions
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rating: 7.3/10
Length: 1h 56min

Storyline

In the 1960s with the Cold War in play, CIA agent Napoleon Solo successfully helps Gaby Teller defect to West Germany despite the intimidating opposition of KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. Later, all three unexpectedly find themselves working together in a joint mission to stop a private criminal organization from using Gaby's father's scientific expertise to construct their own nuclear bomb. Through clenched teeth and stylish poise, all three must find a way to cooperate for the sake of world peace, even as they each pursue their own agendas.

Plot Keywords

cia agent, spy, death of father, year 1963, race against time, 1960s, cold war, nuclear bomb, criminal organization, kgb, cia, terrorist plot, torture, uranium, rescue, betrayal, deception, villainess, espionage, hotel

Short Review

It succeeds admirably on its own terms - more so, I think, than his two Sherlock Holmes films - and while it never really transcends pastiche, its ambitions don't lie in that direction.