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The Avengers (1998)

August. 14,1998
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3.8
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PG-13
| Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction

British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.

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TinsHeadline
1998/08/14

Touches You

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Wordiezett
1998/08/15

So much average

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Console
1998/08/16

best movie i've ever seen.

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Logan
1998/08/17

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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alankcooper
1998/08/18

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.

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MartinHafer
1998/08/19

"The Avengers" is one of the biggest money-losers of the decade. I've read estimates that it lost $40,000,000...and with a film this clumsily and expensively made, I can certainly understand it. Initial previews went disastrously for the studio and they had the brilliant idea of trimming 26 minutes from the movie. Unfortunately, this made the film choppy and incomprehensible...and audience members stayed away in droves. So why did I decide to watch it? It was simply too infamously bad for me to resist it!The plot is a confusing mess involving a duplicate Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) and a guy who can apparently control the weather (Sean Connery). But the characterization of these and all the people seemed unimportant and everyone in the film lacks depth...and you have no idea WHY they do what they do. Instead the film focuses heavily on overly mannered dialog (to the point of being incredibly annoying), lots of expensive stunts (something never seen in the original TV show) and gadgets (such as giant robotic wasps, an invisible agent as well as a board meeting where EVERYONE is inexplicably dressed like the Grateful Dead bears...also the sorts of thing not seen in the TV show, thank God). Clearly, the folks who made the film had a severe lack of reverence for the source material...which would irritate the die-hard fans. And, the incomprehensibility and constant style over substance would certainly irritate all the rest of us! This is an expensive looking film which just doesn't make much sense, isn't entertaining and substitutes stunts and gadgets for plot. So, is it as bad as its reputation? Perhaps not...but dollar for dollar, you'd be very hard-pressed to find a film that delivers this little for the dollar! It's wastefully bad...and about as much fun as a case of the Shingles.

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SnoopyStyle
1998/08/20

John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) is a top agent of The Ministry. Someone has sabotaged the weather shield Prospero program. Mother (Jim Broadbent) brings in former head of the program Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) to help investigate as a partner with Steed and as a prime suspect. Her double is seen on the security camera and Father (Fiona Shaw) wonders if she suffers from mental illness. They visit former Ministry man weather-obsessed Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery).This is trying very hard to be funny. It's a lot of wacky but none of it is actually funny. The movie comes with all kinds of bells and whistles. The other problem is that none of it is thrilling. It is so silly that it can't maintain any tension. It's a basic miscalculation at the movie's DNA level.

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ExpHurtFan
1998/08/21

In my point of view, I thought it was funny when needed,action-packed and had really good scripts, but I don't really see how people don't like this movie. I have watched it, and I kind of enjoyed watching it. Now all I wish (and I hope no one will judge) they could make a second movie because in my opinion...I LOVED IT! After seeing all of the negative reviews, I just want to say,its not all that bad. I don't really see the problem with this movie, so I am just going to say, maybe people don't like it because it's a little different to what we usually watch, but it kind of fits in with the Inspecter Gadget and those 90's Action-Hero type movies. I'm not tying to get at the people who don't like this film, but I am simply asking that you give in to it a bit more.

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