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

[major_clanger]

What this is: a pretty good, very stylish and often quite funny Cold War spy romp.

What this is not: a film with Illya Kuryakin in it.

Oh, it has a character called Illya Kuryakin, but he's not the Kuryakin of the TV series as played in a career-making role by David McCallum. Armie Hammer plays the film version as a suaver version of Arnold

Comments

[andrewducker]

I really fancy seeing this at some point. I heard rather good things about it as a solid spy movie that captured a retro feel without being trapped in the unpleasant mores of the time.

[ffutures]

I picked up the DVD recently - it's fun, but I'd also prefer something more like the original Illya Kurayakin.

Also got Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, which is very silly. And like all the other MI films nothing like the original TV series.