I get what they're trying to do. Casting Superman and the Lone Ranger as CIA agent Napoleon Solo and the KGB's Kuryakin is a nice attempt at getting teenage girls in seats. Heck my wife was even asking about it this morning. Although, I think she's more interested in seeing her 90's crush Hugh Grant on the big screen. I'm sure director Guy Ritchie ("Sherlock Holmes") will bring some stylish action to the party. But, I just don't care.
Another 60's spy TV series adaptation? Two in one summer is just too much. At least they've modernized Mission Impossible. I do remember, vaguely, watching the show when I was a kid. But the key word is vaguely. This has Redbox written all over it.
Frankly, if you're looking for a cold war spy flick that is clever and funny and will have you gripping your arm chair, I'd recommend staying in and watching 1985's "Gotcha" with ER's Anthony Edwards (Dr. Mark Green). He plays a fish out of water American college student on vacation in Europe that winds up in a heap of trouble when he falls for an eastern European with a pixie cut. He has a full head of hair in this one, as did I when I first saw it. Good luck finding it, but if you can spot it online, it's definitely worth a look.
I can think of a great product tie-in for U.N.C.L.E., however. Baskin Robbins should be offering a Neapolitan Solo. You know, single scoop of vanilla/chocolate/strawberry. Yum.
Now I realize that your weekend plans don't hang on my review. But if so, you'll have to wait.
HAHAH. i totally remember that movie Gotcha. and the girl with the pixie cut was cute.
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