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Enjoyable film to watch, different, quite funny in places, Sean Connery makes a good bad guy for a change, not perfect but good.
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Very poor film. Based on the original Avengers' series but it doesn't work.
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I had the displeasure of seeing The Avengers in the cinema back in 1998. The film itself is horrific. Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman are both miscast as John Steed and his trusty side kick Emma Peel. The story is absolutely lacklustre with very little depth or genuine warmth, and the direction in this film is flat and doesn't even try to be creative. Instead you have both main actors, Fiennes and Thurman playing the characters like wooden planks. Connery is totally over the top as de Wynter, that puts a panto dame to total and utter shame. The only redeeming features of this film are the Production Design by British set designer extraordinaire Stuart Craig, the location work with stunning English settings and Joel McNeely's fast paced film score. As for the rest of the film, The Avengers (1998) deserves to be forgotten by those who remember what The Avengers use to be like on British TV. Best avoided.Read full review
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Great film dated but very well made:):) well worth a viewing if you ain't seen before
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Liking the original Avengers a lot, I have ordered the complete series at £144. [Obviously, I must buy an external hard-drive and download]. So I shouldn't like this film, but I do - a lot. It is a bit bonkers and inexpensive. Uma Thurman is an excellent Ms Peel. She can't compete with Diana Rigg, obviously; that would just be silly.
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