Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of lighter '60s spy thrillers it captures the feel and delivers laughs and excitement. Elizabeth Debicki also does a fine job as antagonist Victoria Vinciguerra. The cast is solid with Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer impressing as Napoleon and Ilya respectively and Alicia Vikander delighting as Gaby. Everything about the film adds to the sixties feel without it becoming a pastiche. The humour was unforced and didn't get in the way of the story. ![]() in fact the style reminded me of early Bond films but with the level of humour turned up. The action gets started early and continues throughout it is exciting without being gory. The early scenes to a fine job of introducing the key characters and their mission. As it tells a story of Napoleon and Ilya's first mission together no prior knowledge of the characters is needed. As a child I enjoyed watched repeats of the original TV show so was a little unsure about watching this new version. Travelling to Rome, with Ilya posing as Gaby's fiancé and Napoleon posing as a thief they make contact with Gaby's uncle and attempt to find her father and infiltrate the criminal organisation. ![]() Shortly afterward, in West Berlin, the three of them are reunited and they are told that they will be working together in a joint US/USSR mission. A Soviet agent, Ilya Kuryakin, who is clearly highly skilled, tries to stop them but is ultimately unsuccessful. Her father had worked for the Nazi missile programme before being taken to the United States now he has gone missing and is presumed to be working for a group that will make atomic bombs for anybody who will pay them. ![]() This film is set in the early sixties and opens in East Berlin as CIA agent Napoleon Solo attempts to extract a German woman, Gaby Teller.
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