alankcooper As a fan of the Emma Peel adventures from the 60's I feel this captures the spirit of that series. Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes are not Diana Rigg or Patrick McNee but are more than good enough in their roles. The plot is suitably off kilter far an Avengers episode and would have fitted right in to the TV show.

stageneral I'd never seen this before, but it's currently on HBO NOW, and caught my eye. I thought maybe the beginning was a spoof of some sort before the actual story started, but no, the whole thing was like this. It's so boring. I believe it was supposed to be campy, but it's just dry. There's no chemistry between Fiennes and Thurman. And why do they talk in that monotone drone?!? I stuck it out, but it's one of the few times when I really felt like the time spent watching a movie was a complete waste. Yikes. The story itself is pretty non-existent, too. It's like a string of cliché spy and action movie scenes strung together. It's actually hard to believe it's a major studio release with big name actors.

petra_ste How do you make Sean Connery appear uncharismatic, Ralph Fiennes uninteresting and Uma Thurman unsexy? No small feat, but in 1998 Jeremiah S. Chechik performed this dark achievement with his version of the classic British TV series - the one older viewers remember mostly for Diana Rigg looking like a million bucks in it.A supremely ugly-looking movie, with terrible visual effects, a worthless script and no sense of fun, The Avengers is worth mentioning as a curiosity, since it's arguably the worst project in the careers of all three leads - and when you are defeated by stuff like The League of The Extraordinary Gentlemen, Maid in Manhattan and Percy Jackson, you know you are sinking in deep, murky waters.3,5/10

rorymacveigh Apparently American's taking the Mickey out of the British has hit an all new low and to be honest, I used to enjoy this film. It had some weird effects, some strange characters and Sean Connery (which is fantastic to begin with), but much like Batman and Robin, when I grew up, I couldn't help but think that this film is just a clumsy mess, attempting to portray the British as a bunch of 'Tea before Scones' types yet again, almost as if it were a propaganda movie. The acting is incredibly half-baked, showing that the actors really didn't put much effort into this film, the special effects aren't that special, the story is your basic 'hold the world for ransom' ploy and the rest I don't care to mention.It's obvious they were trying to make their own version's of the Bond films by making things overly complicated in terms of devices and usage. For example, when Emma Peel is given a package by a secret mailman telling her to answer the phone in order to receive her orders. My question there is, why? Why not just phone her as she would just answer the telephone instinctively like any other person would, she doesn't need to be told how to do basic things by letter unless she suffers from learning difficulties. The instructions they give her are to meet her Secret Agent accomplice John Steed at a Gentleman's Club, a place where no women can go. How stupid is that? Also, when she get's there, John comments on how she doesn't play by the rules. Where the hell was that coming from? They were stupid enough to order her to go to this place where no women can go.Next problem, Peel has video evidence incriminating her for sabotaging her own project and yet this secret Ministy allows her the chance to solve her own crime!!! What in the name of God are they thinking?! They think this is smart? Chances are if she was a real villain she'd head off with Steed before killing him in some dark alley and jumping the country within the first 12 minutes, and this Ministry, which seems to have a thing about giving Male Agents Female titles and Female Agents Male titles, wouldn't have a clue where she's gone. There's also a Clone of Emma Peel, which seems to hark back to the Double Man, and there's an Invisible Man! I though it was bad enough in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but this gag is really too stupid for words! Anyway, this film is just silly, with corny acting, a plain as cardboard story and logic that is illogical, you'd better just give it a miss!