The Wrap: "All 11 Guy Ritchie Films, Ranked Worst to Best"

- January 27, 2020

All 11 Guy Ritchie Films, Ranked Worst to Best

Where does “The Gentlemen” rank among the British genre director’s filmography?

William Bibbiani | January 24, 2020 @ 7:18 AM

#1. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (2015)
Nestled perfectly in the middle of Ritchie’s fascination with male ego, macho bonding and eye-catching slickness, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” is far more than an adaptation of a 50-year-old TV spy show. The plot is exactly what you’d expect, with an suave American espionage agent (Henry Cavill) teaming up with and sniping at his sophisticated Russian counterpart (Armie Hammer) at the height of the Cold War, but all the details are predicated on luxurious explorations of 1960s style. These heroes don’t dress sexily as a byproduct of their coolness; they dress sexily because they care about fashion and know it inside and out. “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” subverts the spy genre by working backwards, asking what kind of people would actually engage in the lifestyle these movies sell their audiences, and absolutely falling in love with those kinds of people. Heroic and sexy, exciting and wry, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” is Ritchie’s finest work, and one of the most underrated films in the genre.

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