The Avengers

The Avengers is a 1998 American spy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, an adaptation of the 1961–1969 British television series of the same name. It stars 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. Patrick Macnee, Steed in the original series, makes a vocal cameo as the voice of Invisible Jones. The Avengers was released by Warner Bros. on August 14, 1998. The film underperformed at the box-office, only grossing $54.7 million against its $60 million budget and was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics.