Secret agents race against time
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Did you know
Guy Ritchie also directed Sherlock Holmes.
Directed by Guy Ritchie, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a groovy spy adventure based on the hugely popular old TV show of the same name.
Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centres on CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer). Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which wants to damage the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology.
The duo’s only lead is Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander), the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization. They must race against time to find the scientist before the bomb he invented can be used, and prevent a worldwide disaster.
Find out if the bomb explodes when The Man from U.N.C.L.E. opens on August 12.
Vocabulary
- groovy (adj): fashionable and interesting
hostility (n): unfriendly or aggressive feelings
proliferation (n): a sudden increase in the amount of something
lead (n): something that may help somebody to find out the truth about a crime
infiltrate (v): to enter a place or an organization secretly
