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Action, Adventure, Comedy, No Spoiler Reviews

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (2015): New & Intriguing Spy Movie From Guy Ritchie

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Henry Cavill, Hugh Grant
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Henry Cavill, Hugh Grant

Read my spoiler-free movie review of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

I’m a Guy Ritchie fan, thanks to his first two big hit films, Lock Stock & Two smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000).

Fast forward to present-day 2015, and the release of his latest movie, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. will soon be upon us. There’s plenty going on in the trailer and I for one am quite intrigued.

Starring Henry Cavill (a.k.a. Superman), Alicia Vikander, Armie Hammer, Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Debicki; I’m going to trust in Ritchie’s track record of great style, storytelling and witty dialogue.

Nevertheless, just to be safe, I’ll have my fingers crossed in hopes of an absence of dodgy accents.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E Release Dates: August 14th, 2015 (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Comedy, Crime, No Spoiler Reviews

SNATCH (2000): More Of The Witty, Fast & Clever…

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Brad Pitt isn’t the only big-name star in Snatch (2000), Guy Ritchie’s follow-up to Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina make two more very welcome stateside additions.

Snatch (2000), Brad Pitt, Jason Flemyng
Snatch (2000), Brad Pitt, Jason Flemyng

Snatch is a fun British gangster film with fast, witty dialogue delivered by engaging characters. To reference just three, a ‘dodgy Russian’, a loud Jewish American and a bunch of well organised Irish Gypsies. You can certainly expect plenty including clever antics, a few not so clever but very entertaining antics and some ‘healthy’ double crossing for good measure.

I’ve heard some criticise Snatch and Lock Stock for being ‘all surface and no substance‘. That may be true to a degree, but sometimes surface is exactly what you need for your movie fix. What I can pretty much promise you about Snatch is this, you won’t feel anywhere near as cheated as you probably did after watching the last two instalments of the Hangover (2009) trilogy. Believe me!

Snatch (2000), Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham
Snatch (2000), Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham

Watch Snatch if only to see Brad Pitt’s interpretation of a version of the Irish accent, and Benicio Del Toro being brilliant and as effortlessly cool as always.

Did I already say that the last 20 minutes is super? No? Well, ‘The last 20 minutes are super‘.

Happy Film Loving, of the ‘surface and no substance’ variety,

G