Man From U.N.C.L.E

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     The time has come for another film review. Now this film I wasn't expecting to see in theatres but my friend asked me to do something with her and this seemed like the most interesting movie that was out at the time. So we figured why not! This movie was originally a television show but it was a good stand alone possibly an origin story in a way film. Lets get started with this review of Man From U.N.c.L.E.

     Like I stated above Man From U.N.C.L.E was at first a T.V. show. Now I have never seen the show it was before my time but you don't need to, to see the film and understand what is going on. what I like was that you could watch the film without needing to now anything about the show or even knowing there was even a show at all. Because it was a stand alone plot which made the movie more entertaining and engaging. And in the same ways it was a origin story because the characters were introduce but they did not know each other before the film. So it was the story of two very different spies meeting, teaming up, defeating the villain and being forced into forming a team. Overall the writing of the film was not the best and it was okay but it did keep you going and it was amusing and had a lot of humor in it. But I am not going to lie, I have seen other films that were better written.

     I think the most interesting thing about the film was to watch how the two main characters interacted with each other from start to finish. This is one of the few movies that actually has two main protagonist just like the original show. And one of the few movies where the two protagonist are both male as most movies are male and female. So the main relationship was a platonic bromance instead of an romantic between the man and woman although you did have one in there it just wasn't the main relationship. I enjoy movies where the bromance takes center stage and the romance takes a backseat it makes for a nice change. I also enjoyed the fact the movie has a British actor playing an American doing an American accent. And an American actor playing an Russian doing a Russian accent. It gave the actors a nice variety of roles they can put on their resumes. And they did a good job at the accents they were doing.

     Speaking on the acting I thought it was good for what the movie was and what the actors were required to do for the film. Now since I haven't seen the T.V. show, I have nothing to compare it to but I think this is a good thing because when you have that something to compare you always tend to say the newest actors are not as good as the original actors. And that's when you usually get disappointed. So in this case yes I think it was good I had nothing to compare it to cause I'll probably would have been disappointed maybe not. I also like that they got two actors that are still just starting to make a name for themselves, to play the main characters. It showed their talent!

     Bottom line is Man From U.N.C.L.E is an interesting film with great acting. But I wouldn't pay too much to see it as it was just okay but you could just wait to see it on T.V. for free.

                                           -Katiejayforever

P.S. Stand by for next review!