Review: 'u.n.c.l.e.' Is High Style, Low Substance

[...] the forgettable acronym is uttered once and explained only in text in the closing credits. Director Guy Ritchie offers an intriguing and captivating introduction, though, weaving together humor, action, and stylish, angular shots in a disarmingly simple, but effective opening sequence. American agent Napoleon Solo (Cavill) needs to get a girl, Gaby (Alicia Vikander), daughter of "Hitler's favorite rocket scientist," out of East Berlin, while Russian agent Illya Kuryakin (Hammer) tries to stop that from happening. At 6' 5, Hammer is an imposing presence, but even on screen, the wonder with which everyone treats this giant seems like a stretch. Over the course of the film, Illya throws, in no particular order, a hotel coffee table, a television, a cafe bistro table, Henry Cavill, a motorbike, and a trunk that he's just torn off of a moving car. Illya and Solo team up, give each other pet names (Cowboy and Peril), debate fashion and travel to picturesque locales all in service of finding this rogue nuclear bomb. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," a Warner Bros.