As some of you know, I'm a major fan of the '60s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which had a very well done reboot/origin film released in 2015. Here is a perceptive and appreciative analysis of the movie's strengths: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/you-should-be-watching-the-man-from-uncle-2015
When I consider how badly the movie could have misfired, turning the entire concept into a comedy like the 21 Jump Street and Starsky and Hutch films, or simply a limp remake like Get Smart, I realize we dodged not a bullet but a howitzer shell. Guy Ritchie treated the material as well or better than he did the Sherlock Holmes canon in the Robert Downey Jr. films.
When I consider how badly the movie could have misfired, turning the entire concept into a comedy like the 21 Jump Street and Starsky and Hutch films, or simply a limp remake like Get Smart, I realize we dodged not a bullet but a howitzer shell. Guy Ritchie treated the material as well or better than he did the Sherlock Holmes canon in the Robert Downey Jr. films.