While watching The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I wondered whether or not I slowly was becoming “bitter” when it comes to specific type of movies. I doubt that my taste over the years has stayed the same. If you’ve seen a lot of movies then you know what can be expected of certain genres, such as in this case a spy film. This means that a film has to do something special in order to get me aboard. If it’s all pretty straightforward movies seem to become a bit boring. I want to be surprised.

This is the latest film from director Guy Ritchie, who was previously responsible for the entertaining Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, but also for the disappointing Sherlock Holmes films. He’s a director who knows how to tell a story with style. Can he do that with a story set in the sixties? Continue reading →