be the avenger a good film . no . be it the bad film ever make . no . i first saw the movie at the cinema upon it release and and at that time and i do think that it be one of the bad film i would see up to that point . i have watch it 2 or 3 time since then and my opinion of it have improve and well and very slightly at any rate . apart from a pervade incoherence and i think the film major problem be it slightness while it only an hour and a half long and the plot be very simplistic to say the least . it not hard to imagine audience feel a bit short change when it first come out and especially a the film be a big budget and would be summer blockbuster . another big problem be the casting of uma thurman a emma peel . thurman have show herself to be a fine actress in movie such a pulp fiction but she just look out of her depth here ( i never believe in her a a top level scientist for a second ) and her english accent doesn not sound natural . nicole kidman and to whom the role be first offer and would surely have be good and in particular and she display flawless english accent in film such a the others and the hour . an english actress i also think would have make a great peel be joely richardson but the studio would probably have vetoed such a choice on the ground of her not be a big enough name . ralph fiennes be a real enigma in this film there be nothing wrong in principle in cast him a steed but he look ill at ease throughout the movie a if he rather be elsewhere . i can only assume he would already twig that the film be go to be a turkey . what bad and fiennes and thurman have absolutely no chemistry between them and which waste the snappy dialogue they have with each other throughout the film . the support cast fare a bit well with seasoned pro such a sean connery and jim broadbent and fiona shaw make the most of their underdeveloped part . the retro chic world of the original tv series be nicely recreate and there no shortage of nice car and costume and location but what good about the film be easily drown out by what bad while the avenger be ultimately a shallow and rush and messy affair and severely hamper by the performance of it two lead . handle properly and the film could have be a wonderful success for all concern and the first chapter of an entertaining and lucrative franchise and stretch well beyond the 1990s while instead it one of the most embarrassing flop of that decade . the original cut of the film be apparently two and a half hour long but and follow negative reaction from audience at test screening and the studio hack the film down to it present one and a half hour length . this doesn not actually come a much of a surprise a there be a lack of proper narrative flow to the film suggestive of chunk of explanatory scene have be cut out . just one example represent towards the end of the film and just before they enter sir august underwater lair and steed and peel enter a phone box and peel say how now brown cow . down the phone . the phrase seem to be a password to enter the premise but how do peel know it . there be talk here and there of the possibility of warner release a director cut or special edition dvd and restore the original two and a half hour version . i think this would be a good idea and i would definitely be interested in watch the full version of the film . it highly unlikely to be any kind of masterpiece but it difficult to imagine that it wouldn not improve upon the movie a it stand . at the very least you would have to assume that it would be more coherent . sadly i do not think the chance of warner go down this line be high while i have the feeling that this be a movie the studio would rather forget about than draw attention to .