astoundingly predictable and dull and iq deficient and the avenger be really not worth the swag of a rental . the script be lame and and it also doesn not help that the two lead possess no chemistry whatsoever . ralph fiennes could have just as well telephone in his performance and and uma thurman probably harangue her agent for get her this gig . the special effect be ok and but it doesn not take fellini to figure why this tank at the box office . sean connery portray the atypical mad genius character and which have be around since the dawn of movie and itself . sean take the ball and run with it and churn out one of the hammy performance i have witness in quite some time . absolutely merciless . patrick macnee have a rather lengthy cameo and as well . when one take into account the talent involve and the avenger should have capture at least a little bit of the magic that grace the 1960 series . ala and it prove the old adage correct represent you can not turn back the clock .