The Man From Uncle: 5 Mistakes That Seriously Damage The Movie

1. It's Absolutely Nothing Like The TV Show

Well, you would have expected it to be a bit like the famous TV series, wouldn't you? Quite frankly, Guy Ritchie's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is Sam Rolfe's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in name only; the only common aspects that they truly share with one another are the names of the characters and the theme song composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The rest is a spy pastiche of its own making: Ritchie essentially uses the show's name to do whatever he likes with the premise and characters - and with a completely different tone. Essentially, the movie pretty much ignores all the reasons why people liked the Robert Vaughn/David McCallum TV show; gone is the charming dynamic shared between the leading men and the trademark tongue-in-cheek humour, replaced with a super-glossy aesthetics and a somewhat confused tone that doesn't seem to know whether to play it straight or send-up the genre. There's also the notion of the movie as an "origin" story, which doesn't really work because the TV show left out that information on purpose. We should have guessed: Armie Hammer warned fans in the weeks building up to the release that the movie in store for them was not going to be anything like The Man From U.N.C.L.E. series that they knew and loved. Whilst it's nice that Guy Ritchie decided to go down his own route with the movie, it also begs the question... well, what was the point? Was it just an excuse to make a spy film under the veil of a relatively well-known title? Like this article? Agree or disagree with these points? What are your thoughts on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.