History Film / TheManFromUNCLE2015

* ActionGirl: Gaby Teller participates in the same mission as Solo and Kuryakin.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Quoth Gaby -- "[[HeelFaceTurn Because my fiance is a KGB agent, and the man your wife has been entertaining works for the CIA]]...[[LoveInterestTraitor They thought they were using me but I was using them to get to you.]]"]]

* BecomingTheMask: Illya and Gaby's cover is the two of them being engaged [[spoiler:...while they don't necessarily ''get'' engaged over the course of the film, the relationship between the two blossom in a way that wasn't planned for -particularly for Illya; see the WasItAllALie entry below.]]

Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s period of the ColdWar and centering around respective CIA and KGB agents; Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. The two are forced to team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization led by Victoria Vinciguerra, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is Gaby Teller, the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time utilizing her connections and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.

* OliveGarden: The great majority of the movie is set in ''Film/LaDolceVita''-era Rome and its suburbs.

''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is a 2015 spy-fi movie directed by Creator/GuyRitchie, based on [[Series/TheManFromUncle the 1960s television series]]. It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Napoleon Solo, Creator/ArmieHammer as Illya Kuryakin, Creator/AliciaVikander as Gaby Teller, Creator/ElizabethDebicki as Victoria Vinciguerra and Creator/HughGrant as Mr. Waverley.

--> Napoleon: Is there a point to this or are you just looking?

** While FreezeFrameBonus allows the viewrs to enjoy mythology gags in Ilya's and Napoleon's dossiers, Alicia Vikander's training as a professional ballet dancer is alluded to in Gaby's dossier.

* AgentPeacock: Both Solo and Kuryakin put a ''lot'' of thought and care into their appearances, and even get into an argument over what kind of fashion Gaby should dress in when going undercover in Italy.

** To escape, Kuryakin jumps out of a three-story window, expecting to land in the water. Solo only hears a thud and a scream. He then does the same a few seconds later...and finds too late that the window was right above a wooden boat dock.

** Solo drinks a drugged drink, and after a few minutes begins feeling the effects. He understand at this point the drug is so far into his system that any struggling is completely pointless, so he just lies down on the sofa so he doesn't hurt himself by falling down onto the hard floor.

- a strong argument could be made that Solo is just amoral, perhaps even fully sociopathic, just on the right side of the fight. The cold, lingering shot of his face when we see him make his first, in movie kill seems strongly geared towards suggesting he has absolutely no guilt over his actions and not merely because Kuryakin was there to kill him too. He's emotionally glib and shallow, engages in high risk behaviours, casual sexual engagements and is completely unruffled by the violence and chaos he faces. The only time we see him scared or disturbed is when he's facing violent torture. The fact he's being forced into his work even counters any argument he's a good guy, because he IS being forced to be there.

* CaughtMonologuing: How Napoleon defeats Victoria at the end: he [[IShallTauntYou lies about the circumstances of her husband's death]], goading her into spending valuable time threatening him instead of making her getaway.

** Jared Harris's character (along with his KGB counterpart) ends a meeting by signaling for everyone else in the cafe to leave as well. He did the same thing as Professor Moriarty in Ritchie's previous film ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''.

* ActorAllusion: While FreezeFrameBonus allows the viewrs to enjoy mythology gags in Ilya's and Napoleon's dossiers, Alicia Vikander's training as a professional ballet dancer is alluded to in Gaby's dossier.

* MoodWhiplash: The film briefly takes a sudden and extreme turn for the dark as [[NightmareFuel Uncle Rudi reveals the truth about his rise to power under the Nazi machine]], explaining exactly what is to happen to Solo. Then [[HopeSpot Kuriyakin rescues Solo]], [[FunnyMoments they debate what to do with Rudi]]... and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Rudi's chair]] [[BloodyHilarious settles the debate.]]

* TheAce: Solo is the CIA's top agent, a stylish man, and both TheCasanova and TheCharmer. Although the end credits sequence does note him as a serial womanizer.
** Deconstructed in that Solo's a BoxedCrook who really doesn't want to work for the CIA and would rather go back to living life as a carefree GentlemanThief. He also is shown to be a bit of a narcissist, having trouble adapting for other cultures and styles (like when dressing Gaby), and getting petty with others. Then reconstructed as because he hates his CIA bosses blackmailing him into working for him, he worked hard to be TheAce as a way to spite them.

* AgentsDating: Illya and Gaby go UndercoverAsLovers to infiltrate the Vinciguerra family, with [[UnresolvedSexualTension the usual complications]].

* BerserkButton: Solo and Kuryakin attempt to get on each other's nerves while getting acquainted. Solo talks about the bad reputation Kuryakin's parents endured, while Kuryakin brings up Solo's criminal background. Solo wins, causing an angry Kuryakin to [[FlippingTheTable flip a table]].
** This [[HotBlooded continues to be a problem for Kuryakin]] throughout the mission, such as when he beats up Count Lippi and his pals as PercussiveTherapy.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Kuryakin tears the back off Solo's getaway car with his bare hands. Solo claims what Kuryakin did was not humanly possible.
** In the climactic fight, he [[spoiler: lifts a motorcycle off him and throws it at Alexander.]]

Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s period of the Cold War and centering around respective CIA and KGB agents; Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. The two are forced to team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization led by Victoria Vinciguerra, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is Gaby Teller, the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time utilizing her connections and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Uncle Rudi.]] When he's first introduced, he shows how much of a dick he is when he insults Kuryakin for his "inferior" Slavic decent, [[spoiler:his niece's "fiance"]] for no damn good reason at all. Then he's [[spoiler: revealed to be a Nazi sadist who tortures Solo]]. When he [[spoiler: burns to death in his own torture chair]] neither Solo, Kuryakin or the audience appears to spare a damn for him.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Napoleon Solo is depicted an an (almost) amoral BoxedCrook, con artist, liar and thief who can be ''very'' self-absorbed and more than a bit of a {{Jerkass}}; to a lesser extent, Ilya Kuryakin, who is shown to suffer from bouts of uncontrollable violent anger with a troubled background and more than a bit of a ControlFreak. None of this comes from the original show, where both are much more heroic and principled characters from the outset.

* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler: In the end, Solo and Kuryakin decide to burn Udo Teller's backup tape so they won't have to kill each other over it for their handlers.]]

** [[spoiler: Victoria's proves to be the smearing of her husband's name, she seemed nonplussed until Solo decided to "embellish" the nature of his death; after which she promptly gives him an epic villain's speech in the most classic and grandiose tradition...which immediately proceeds to be her undoing.]]