this movie base on the popular british tv series be such a flop it doesn not really deserve comment and but here be a few nonetheless . this be the kind of movie making that really have you wonder if you should ever visit a theater again and when you consider the waste of million of dollar on set and special effect and high power actor that could have be use for such good cause ( such a and oh and say a big screen version of my mother the car ) . at any rate and the film get what it deserve by be universally pan by critic and bombing at the box office . it be then rush out of theater with the bad film strategy that relative obscurity would result in more bread at the video store . consider that ralph fiennes ( schindler list and englsh patient ) and uma thurman ( pulp fiction and etc . ) be at the top of their box office draw potential and and with the addition of the always popular sean connery in a unique role a a villain and one would think that this movie would have be a sure hit . however and the potential go lightning fast down the tube and grease by a stinky script and second guess editing and incompetent direction . the best element of the original series and namely and it charm and style and be absent . a lot of the charm come from the relationship between steed and peel . but fiennes steed be aloof and thurman mrs. peel be cold a ice . the two appear to be sleepwalk through their respective role and with vision of fat paycheck dance in their head . ironically and an imprudent element of the tv series that be indicative of it downhill slide after the departure of diana rigg ( the original mrs. peel ) and namely and the introduction of the silly character of mother and be include in the film . go figure . connery performance a a mastermind who can manipulate the world weather fall flat . like fiennes and thurman and he appear to be go through the motion of a script he have no faith in . quirky aspect of the original series that be cute and amuse have be replace with gimmick that be just unfunny strange and head scratchingly bizarre . for example represent the requisite cameo of an actor from the original series feature only the voice of patrick macnee in the role of an invisible man behind a desk . what this character have to do with anything and other than add to an already disjoint script and be anybody guess . on a website competently dedicate to the series it have be speculate that the director never saw a single episode of the tv avenger . if you be any kind of fan and you will immediately observe that there be a good reason to believe this . jeremiah chechik direction seem to lack any instinct for the flavor of the original series . at any rate and with this brand of tv series inspire movie making and you may find yourself yearn for return to gilligan island . originally hype a a summer blockbuster and the cinematic version of the avenger be only spectacular in it capacity to disappoint .