The two part final show(edited into this movie)was all over the place with no real feel to it. Sadly it was the third season that drag the show down and it never recovered, despite the return to more serious episodes.
But "The Man From UNCLE"did more to define the 60's then any other show.
I respectfully disagree. While not the best of the series, it had darker, far more serious overtones (undertones?) than much of the series in general (or since the 1ST season, at least). The "villain" played by Barry Sullivan did not want to "conquer" the world -- he had the bitter (or sadly realistic - take your pick) notion that the ONLY WAY humanity would cease its vicious, destructive ways would be to eliminate its free will...only to see his plan hijacked by THRUSH. Leslie Nielsen's character was a general, a respected professional soldier, a war-hero-type that ironically wanted to END WAR once and for all time, even if it meant taking away humanity's free will and essentially committing treason. There is none of the wry humor of UNCLE's earlier episodes -- it's played dead serious throughout. Plus, it features the smooth, icy villainy of Peter Mark Richman as a THRUSH bigwig.
shareshemp, I am normally the first to stand up for Peter Mark Richman's smooth icy roles in things like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-68) and The Invaders (1967-68)...but I thought Richman was less pleasing in this film.
However, the film in a whole is okay.
I watched this movie on dvd the other evening.
I didnt know it was the last because it was the first movie
of two on the fourth dvd disc.
But did the cast know at the time of filming this was
the last episode?
It sort of had a pesimistic vibe to it compared to the other
movies.
Also IMOP Leo G. Carroll didnt look to healthy in the last scene either.