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THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
May 28, 2016  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 10:05 p.m. ET

 

This 2015 movie is a bad remake of an enjoyable Sixties spy series, and both Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer, as the Solo and Illya roles played in the original series by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, are woefully miscast. (Considering that Hammer also starred in the title role of another TV-to-movie fiasco, 2013’s The Lone Ranger, he should have known better.) So why watch? Because the female lead, Gaby, is played by Alicia Vikander, who made this otherwise forgettable film just after starring in Ex Machina, and just before co-starring in The Danish Girl.

 
 
 
 
 
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