Return of the Man From Uncle

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Summary: "The Fifteen Years Later Affair" (as it's known to fans)
Review: A long-awaited sequel to one of the most popular shows of the mid 1960's. Robert Vaugh and David McCallum reprise their signature roles as UNCLE agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. In this "affair", the guys have come out of retirement to stop THRUSH from setting off a bomb that's hidden under a nuclear reactor and capture an escaped madman (Anthony Zerbe.) Patrick Macnee co-stars as Sir John Raleigh (the new head of UNCLE) and there's a cameo appearance by George Lazenby as well. The acting is good, the storyline is decent (but IMO the plot could have been a bit more complex)and there should have been more scenes in which Solo and Kuryakin appared together. However, it's still a good film.

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Summary: Good story-poor quality video.
Review: Being a huge U.N.C.L.E. fan I eagerly awaited this release. The storyline was as I remembered, but I was looking forward to a DVD quality release with extras. The quality was worse than VHS recorded off of broadcast TV and the extras consisted of the cast.The cover had a misprint 350,000,00.00(sic). In all the quality of the print is less than I would have expected from an Ebay purchase. If the regular season shows are ever put on DVD I hope that a professional does the transfer.

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Summary: The "It Could Have Been Better" Affair
Review: For years, U.N.C.L.E. fans have been anxiously awaiting the release on DVD of the U.N.C.L.E.TV series...after all, if it can be released on DVD in Britain, surely the US can get it, right? Wrong! What we do get is this poorly manufactured, pathetic excuse of an issue of what could have been a fun movie although it does pale in comparison to the original series.
I was pleased to see in another review that the sound blanks out for 5 seconds at one point - at least I know it wasn't my copy. And if you haven't gotten this yet - be prepared - the sound will go out again later in the movie as well.
From a technical standpoint, it seems a first-year college film student could have done a better job.
Technical goof-ups aside, what we have here just merely whets the appetite for all the U.N.C.L.E. fans who are waiting for the original TV series and it's better than nothing. Here's hoping that when the powers that be do get around to issuing the original TV series on DVD (make it soon Lord, make it soon - those of us who were in our late teens/early 20's when the original series aired aren't getting any younger!), they'll also re-release this movie. U.N.C.L.E. fans deserve better.

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Summary: Great Series-OK Reunion-Terrible recording to DVD
Review: I have always been a big fan of the Man from UNCLE, and I own the VHS version of this recording. I was excited to see that it was released on DVD, and preordered it when I saw it was about to be released. I just watched the first 20 minutes, and was really disappointed. The video quality is very poor. It appears to be a recording from an old VCR, as the picture shakes back and forth enough to be really annoying. When Janice Friday is introduced, we are all introduced to the new "enhanced sound," whatever that means. Problem is, there is no sound at all for about five seconds. I may never watch the rest of the DVD, as the tape is actually superior in quality.

The video is not clean, and the sound is certainly less than advertised. I believe they made this in someone's garage. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is because it is "The Man from UNCLE." My advice to all of my fellow fans is to try and find a VHS version and make your own DVD.

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Summary: The Rate The Movie Affair
Review: I liked it. The problem is, I want more! I wanted the movie to continue. Yes, Napoleon and Ilya weren't together as much as we would have liked, but when they were it was magic. The scene when Napoleon's pen starts beeping is priceless . . . watch the look on Robert Vaughns face. I think this movie was better than ANY 3rd season episode. If you liked UNCLE, you'll enjoy this movie. No rocket science here, just good old 60's style entertainment. No computer gimmicktry, no CGI, and no 3 frame cuts that leave you with a headache after a car chase or fight scene. Get some popcorn, ENJOY!

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Summary: A mediocre remake
Review: I watched this made for television film which aired roughly fifteen years after the original show went off the air. In this poor hack of a reunion movie, the two agents are asked back by a new UNCLE chief (who would ever guess uncle would still be alive after 15 years after the spy craze?) to recover an escaped THRUSH criminal (who the agents never met in their old days); why would they need two retired agents who never knew the criminal they are after????????????????????????????????
Why take two tired older men, one fairly out of shape, reunited them only to send them in opposite directions???????????
What a hoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is clearly a remake to end any and all remakes. I can understand teeny boppers who still lust after aging RV and DMC still think they make their juices flow, but this is ludicrous.
The appearance of a former 007 actor (a one-film man) in the flick makes this a mediocre rag of a film ever the more! No way!!!

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Summary: UNCLE's Solo Family Reunion...
Review: The RETURN is fair-sized entertainment.Suave,wise cracking Napoleon Solo is well-reprised by Robert Vaughn.David MCcallum is in tow-headed-top form as Russian-rooted side-kick Ilya Kuryakin. The rip-off riffs from 007 are all there in Casino Royal(e)Flush Spades:THE PLOT(as is about half the Bond films)is Thunderball Redux. The Baddies are Thrush (TV's homie version of SPECTRE). The new head of UNCLE is AVENGER, John Steed-Patrick MacNee(sans Mrs. Peel)himself. And the cameo by George-ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE-Lazenby playing J.B. himself...complete with fully complemented Aston Martin DB5...is class to the max.

If you were an UNCLE fan,you will welcome this,well produced,well paced, solo family reunion. The cast superbly walks the line between ham-on-rye; 007 self-deprecation; and celebration of one of the coolest cubes TV ever tubed. UNCLE was Ian Fleming's idea for spreading the fun(the lark of gentlemen pseudo-spys)around for a few Danger Man jolts and laughs: G-rated all the way. Open"Channel-D",and enjoy.