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''The Avengers'' is a 1998 film based on the British Cult Television Series Of The Same Name from the 1960s. The film was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik . It starred Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman as secret agents John Steed and Emma Peel , and Sean Connery as Sir August de Wynter, a mad scientist bent on controlling the world's weather and blackmailing various governments for sun or rain. Patrick Macnee , the John Steed of the original series, makes a pseudo-cameo as the voice of Invisible Jones. CRITICAL RESPONSE The film was given almost universally bad reviews; the purists despised it for bungling up the original series (particularly the introduction of a romance between Steed and Peel - a taboo subject in the series), and the newcomers were utterly lost by all of the failed attempts to capture the mood of the original. Further adding to the confusion, after terrible Test Screening s, the 150-minute film was slashed down to 89 minutes, sacrificing much coherency and continuity in the process. TRIVIA
QUOTES John Steed: Emma Peel: John Steed: SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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