The Five Best Films Guy Ritchie Never Made: The Man From UNCLE 2
While it’s become fashionable to dunk on the majority of Ritchie’s post-Snatch work, there is one film that even hardened cinephiles speak about in hushed tones. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is all that is good with blockbuster filmmaking: a stylish ’60s spy thriller with four of Hollywood’s brightest young stars (Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Elizabeth Debicki) and a winningly low-key directorial effort from Ritchie. Fans of the film have never been particularly shy about their demand for a follow-up, which is why a small corner of the internet went absolutely berzerk when Hammer announced in 2017 that the original screenwriter was working on the script for a sequel. This passion came as a shock to Ritchie, who had “no fucking idea” that people enjoyed his adaptation. While some films on this list seem better suited to Ritchie’s skills as a director than others, this is the movie most people would want him to direct. To read the complete story click here . ...
