StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
disco07
Watching a "Christmas Carol" and seeing Leo G. Carroll, more or less made me remember the "Man from U.N.C.L.E.". Napoleon Solo, in my humble opinion, was the only other spy who could seriously rival Sean Connery. Vaugn was not only kool and suave, but handsome and cunning, much like James Bond except that Napoleon Solo had a quite different style. Illya Kuryakin, aka David Mcallum, was excellent as the right hand man for solo and was the first time I had seen an intelligent Russian portrayed on the screen. Although I had previously seen Mcallum in "The Great Escape". Finally, Leo G. Carroll gave a commanding performance as Mr. Waverly, a man who had complete control over his agents yet had a fatherly kind of feel. But, hey, you all know this and now back to the movies!
millerpepin
Yes the comments of wnewman106 is true. He only forgot some others marvelous 60's series. Like the Invaders, The prisoner, Time tunnel and Lost in space. And i'm very happy these days that we have now the opportunity to buy theses series on DVDs. And the sixties was a great decade. I'M so sorry that in our decade now, not enough people are ready to stand, speak free and move like the 60's. We seems to have given the world to the financial political and religious systems who controls the world. Anyway, give the passion to yours children's. In looking these series with you can teach them history. I'm historian born in the beginning 50's and my wife born in the late 60's and we exchange a lot about the 60'S and TV series and films of these times are a good way to learn.
Big Movie Fan
I believe The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was made to cash in on the success of the James Bond success. It was certainly an interesting and camp show even if the actors and actresses looked like they were close to laughing at the show's ridiculousness at times.Robert Vaughan played Napoleon Solo (must have been bullied at school with a name like that) whilst British actor David McCallum played the Russian Ilya Kuryakin (what's this-a Russian and an American teaming up during the height of the cold war and a couple of years after the Cuban Missile Crisis?). Solo and Kuryakin worked for U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law Enforcement). U.N.C.L.E. was based in a secret HQ behind a dry-cleaners shop and Solo and Kuryakin received their orders from Mr Alexander Waverly played by the late Leo G. Carroll.If you thought James Bond was tongue in cheek, then this was even more tongue in cheek. Each week, Solo and Kuryakin armed with their array of gadgets battled the villains of T.H.R.U.S.H. who were more camp than any Bond villain you could come across. There were guest stars galore throughout the show and some of the craziest plots you could ever watch. The villains seemed to delight in torturing Solo and Kuryakin rather than just putting a bullet in their heads.Gadgets, fight scenes, total camp-that was The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and it was an awesome show.One more thing-T.H.R.U.S.H. stood for Technical Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humans. However, don't quote me on that.
spacelord
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is arguably one of the greatest shows of the Sixties and definitely the best American spy show. It blended tongue in cheek humour with action and adventure for an end result that was extremely entertaining. Unfortunately, all good things cannot last. The first season (when it was still shot in black and white) and the second season (the first one shot in colour) place The Man From U.N.C.L.E. among the best television has to offer. All of this changed with the third season, when the series became so silly that watching its episodes became nearly unbearable. The show recovered somewhat in its abbreviated fourth season (it would be cancelled midway through), but by that time The Man From U.N.C.L.E. had lost its charm. Though the fourth season episodes are watchable, they lack the humour and pinache of the first two seasons. Regardless, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a testament to what Sixties television could do at its very finest.
