Isn't that just typical. You wait ages for a spy movie that harkens back to the genre's sixties heyday, then three come along at once. James Bond is set to continue recapturing that old magic with the upcoming SPECTRE, the recently-released Kingsman: The Secret Service is a self-consciously old fashioned and British (read: slightly racist and jingoistic) take on the espionage thriller, and today the first trailer for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. dropped. The big screen remake of the classic sixties TV show has been a long time coming, with Ocean's 11-13 director Steven Soderbergh originally attached and considering stars from Joseph Gordon-Levitt to George Clooney to Robert Pattinson. Finally the producers settled on Guy Ritchie in the director's chair, with Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer in the twin leads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K4Iv_N9Nno On the basis of this first trailer, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is going to be an affectionate love letter to the old-style spy films as much as the TV series it's based on, with is tongue placed firmly in cheek without ever becoming an out-and-out Austin Powers-style parody. How much does it have in common with the old telly series, though, and what exactly are Cavill and Hammer's roles? Is the sixties setting done well? And how many silly camera tricks has Ritchie snuck into the film? Here's your breakdown of the first The Man From U.N.C.L.E. trailer, with twenty-five highlights you need to see.
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