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The Avengers (1998) 3.6
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Metascore: 12/100
Reviews: 438 user | 105 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com Two British agents (John Steed and Emma Peel) team up to stop Sir August De Wynter from destroying the world with a weather changing machine. Director:Jeremiah S. Chechik |
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Alice
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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. Written by John Hawkinson <jhawk@mit.edu>
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When evil reigns, it takes two to weather the storm. See more »Parents Guide:
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Emma Peel: mrspeel.com (Warner Bros.) | John Steed: mrsteed.com (Warner Bros.) | See more »Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
14 August 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los vengadores See more »Filming Locations:
Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£937,166 (UK) (14 August 1998)Gross:
$23,322,832 (USA) (2 October 1998)Company Credits
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Written by Bruce Woolley, Chris Elliott, Marius De Vries, Betsy Cook,
Andy Caine
Produced by Marius De Vries, Bruce Woolley, Chris Elliott
Performed by Grace Jones with The Radio Science Orchestra
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Trivia
Steed drives a 4.5 litre, 6 cylinder 1928 Bentley (reg. RT 4700). Emma owns an E-type Jaguar, reg. 439 OJX (after producers scrapped the idea of a Lotus Elan as in the original series); De Wynter runs a Rolls Royce and Bailey has a black Mini Cooper with chessboard roof. See more »Goofs
When Steed and Mrs. Peel are drinking tea in the car, from the way the sun shines through the cups it is clear that there is no liquid in the cups. See more »Quotes
Emma Peel: [confronted with wiring panel] Was it red or black? Here goes, eeny, meeny, miney...See more »
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Featured in The Nostalgia Critic: The Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Fuck-ups: Part 3 (2012) See more »Soundtracks
"STORM"Written by Bruce Woolley, Chris Elliott, Marius De Vries, Betsy Cook,
Andy Caine
Produced by Marius De Vries, Bruce Woolley, Chris Elliott
Performed by Grace Jones with The Radio Science Orchestra
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Uma Thurman's catsuits aside, "The Avengers" is one of the flattest movies to come down the pike in a long time.
The failing Sean Connery isn't really the villain in this movie, the true villains are a director who thought he could "improve" on the original, and an editor who really shouldn't have been let out of film school.
Fiennes and Thurman do an adquate job with what they were given, which wasn't much, and then the editor took half of that away.
Connery got one half-choked off rant, (all of which you see in the trailer) and then hid in the leftover set for the power supply from the floating city in "The Empire Strikes Out" (Er -- "Back"). A pathetic effort from a formerly stellar actor.
Eileen Atkins was rather fun as Alice, Steed's minder, and the guest appearance by Patrick Macnee was somewhat amusing.
As for the writing, well.... I think (despite the credits) they actually gave the job to a couple of public school lads who rather thought that they were being clever.
Overall, not worth the money spent to make it, nor the $6 I paid to see it. One star, mostly for some rather nice, if somewhat generic, cinematography.