The Avengers (1998)

There are times when we see what we want to see rather than what is really there. We pluck images out of our brain and compare them to what we see and conclude that we know what is happening rather than trap details of the circumstances and organize them together into their proper perspective. We’re all quite lazy in that way. Usually, doing a haphazard job doesn’t affect us one way or the other but sometimes it can cause us no end of grief, cause a bucket of confusion and make us wonder what it was that we really did see. Such is the case for John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) who sees a sled pulled by dogs approaching during a freak summer snow storm. Riding the sled is Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) who stops a few feet away and pulls out a spear gun and whips off a shot that narrowly misses only due to Steed’s reflexes. So she pulls out a gun and plugs him in the chest. Needless to say, Steed is quite confused when he awakes to find Mrs. Peel taking care of him.

Director:  Jeremiah S. Chechik Writer:  Sydney Newman; Don MacPherson Cast:
Ralph Fiennes -  John Steed Uma Thurman -  Emma Peel Sean Connery -  Sir August de Wynter Patrick Macnee -  Invisible Jones (voice) Jim Broadbent -  Mother Fiona Shaw -  Father Eddie Izzard -  Bailey Eileen Atkins -  Alice		John Wood -  Trubshaw Carmen Ejogo -  Brenda Keeley Hawes -  Tamara Shaun Ryder -  Donavan Nicholas Woodeson -  Dr. Darling Michael Godley -  Butler Richard Lumsden -  Boodle’s Porter Daniel Crowder -  Messenger