The cult 1960s TV series gets royally shafted by Hollywood in this stunningly designed blockbuster that’s stunningly awful in every other department.
Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman couldn’t be more miscast as John Steed and Emma Peel, here trying to stop villainous Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery playing himself again, only with extra ham) holding the world’s weather to ransom and freezing London to an arctic standstill.
Ruthlessly edited before release and packed with one-liners, bad puns and vulgar double entendres, this is misguided and misbegotten to a simply staggering degree while Jeremiah Chechik’s mannered direction screeches the action to an unexciting halt at every flat turn.
Terrible special effects and zero chemistry between Fiennes and Thurman make this notorious disaster a total waste of everyone’s time and energy.
John Steed
Ralph Fiennes Doctor Emma Peel
Uma Thurman Sir August De Wynter
Sean Connery Mother
Jim Broadbent Father
Fiona Shaw Bailey
Eddie Izzard Alice
Eileen Atkins Tribshaw
John Wood Brenda
Carmen Ejogo Tamara
Keeley Hawes Donavan
Shaun Ryder Invisible Jones
Patrick Macnee
Director
Jeremiah Chechik
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