Man from UNCLE is a spy movie set in the 60s based on an old tv show by the same name. I had never heard of the TV show but the last movie I saw that was based on a TV show impressed me (21 Jump Street) so I, rather unreasonably, went with a bit of high expectations. The trailer had not disappointed me and neither did the movie. The 60s portrayed in this film reminded me of X-Men First Class, although the two are completely different films, and I loved it.
Henry Cavill plays Napolean Solo, a CIA agent, asked to extract Miss. Teller, played by Alicia Vikander to get more information about the nefarious plans of her father who has been working for someone to create a nuclear bomb to start another war. During this process, he encounters a Russian KGB agent Ilya, played by Armie Hammer who attempts to stop him. Both were assigned to kill each other but now, having found out about a third party planning to cause destruction, they have to, unwillingly at first, work together. The story then follows a fun, funny, and action packed tale of these two along with Miss Teller fighting the villain Victoria with the help of certain Hugh Grant.
For a spy movie, I did not enjoy it as much as I did the MI:5 movie, but I still had fun watching this one. Alicia Vikander can do no wrong so far and Henry Cavill's and Armie Hammer's chemistry is one to watch. I do wish Hugh Grant had more of a part in this movie but perhaps they are setting him up for a sequel. I do not think this movie is going to do very good at the US box office especially since Straight Outta Compton is enjoying better reviews but I do see it performing better internationally (I hope). I liked the split camera description of simultaneous scenes going on in the movie that Guy Ritchie employs, possibly a homage/throwback to old 60s films. [Source: Split-Screen Filmmaking] His last movie was Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, the villain of which (Jared Harris) also makes an appearance. The story is not that you can understand but the cinematography is great. This is where I might have liked MI:5 more as it had more of a story. But people in this film definitely had a better dress sense (except for Rebecca Ferguson's literally deadly yellow dress of course). Henry's accent failed to convince me about his American heritage but it did not take me out of the movie.
Overall, if you are old school, you should enjoy this one.