Review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) by Dchristie — 27 Aug 2015
I'd like to thank Guy Richie for helping me to catch up on my sleep. Going to this film was more effective than any sleeping pill I've tried yet. Before nodding off, it impressed me as nothing but just another amateurish, inconsistent and inchoate attempt at directing by Richie.
He must have gotten a great settlement from Madonna because I can't imagine any studio would give him money to make movies anymore. It's too bad because Man From UNCLE was a great opportunity to revive and celebrate one of the greatest Action Spy franchises of the 60s.
I mean, all Richie had to do was play the original UNCLE theme song - one of the most memorable ever - while running the opening credits. Even that would have gone a long way to winning me over since I actually wanted to like this movie.
. At least that much would have been partially worth this utter waste of $20 on the tickets to see this bomb... But noooo. He even threw that overboard along with any pretenses to being able - or even interested in - delivering anything other than a total cartoonish mockery of the original UNCLE concept and, indeed, film making.
in general. Frankly, I can't believe my eyes at some of the reviews fawning over this flagrant ripoff of the public. It's too bad there really isn't a real United Network Command For Law Enforcement to make Richie accountable for this crime.
This review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) was written by Dchristie on 27 Aug 2015.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has generally received positive reviews.
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