The Avengers

1998 Action/Adventure

Jeremiah Chechick directed this $60 million adaptation of the whimsical 1961 British TV spy series, imported to the United States five years later for ABC airing (beginning 3/28/66), followed by The New Avengers (CBS, 1978-79). In the feature-length version, secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) face a meteorological menace as they track sinister super-villain Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery), threatening to blitz Britain with blizzards and other extreme weather. Vocal cameo by Patrick Macnee (the original TV Steed).

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw

 26 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • A smorgasbord of bad ideas, sumptuously over-realized.

    Michael Wilmington - The Chicago Tribune

    27 April 2013

  • This is an elaborate production, but all the jazzy sets and explosions in the world can't disguise the story's complete lack of urgency.

    David Ansen - Newsweek

    27 April 2013

  • The Avengers is too enervated to qualify as even a full-scale disaster.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

  • This big-budget bore looks lovely but is so miscalculated that you can't help but wonder whether anyone involved had ever seen the original.

    Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide

    27 April 2013

  • This new film version, sad to say, is a hollow shell of the original series.

    Marc Savlov - Austin Chronicle

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature

    Motion Picture Sound Editors (1999)

     

  • Worst Remake or Sequel

    Razzie Awards (1999)

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