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The Avengers

1998, Movie, PG-13, 91 mins

The Avengers: Review

Inspired by the 1960s UK television show, whose reputation for wit, sophistication and a deliciously insinuating streak of sexual perversity is entirely deserved, 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. The plot is profoundly silly: Flamboyant loony Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery) plans to rule the world by controlling the weather and the Ministry -- a hush-hush cabal of ... read more leave a comment