'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' A Review

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is an action spy movie set in 1963 about an American thief turned CIA agent Napoleon Solo(Henry Cavill) partnering up with a KGB operative Illya Kuryakin(Armie Hammer) in order to stop a pair of Nazi sympathizers from building their own nuclear weapon in Rome.

Although entertaining enough there is nothing new about The Man From U.N.C.L.E. it is a reboot of a 60's TV show co-created by Ian Fleming. It is unapologetically a Bond substitute. There is also the plot similarity of the thief-turned-agent with USA's White Collar which would not amount to much if White Collar's lead Matt Bomer did not so closely resemble Cavill. Director Guy Ritchie continues to recycle the Snatch score to ever diminishing returns.

The performances are decent, the intrigue passable, but ultimately the movie has no real heart, no real purpose, no edge. It is a copy of a copy of a copy and feels accordingly bland.

Rent It.