Big screen spin-off of the cult 1960s television series. When weather control device the Prospero Shield fails, secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) is sent to investigate by his superior, Mother (Jim Broadbent). Steed at first suspects scientist Emma Peel (Uma Thurman), who has been filmed sabotaging the device, until he realizes that Mrs Peel has in fact been cloned by the man really responsible: evil industrialist Sir August De Winter (Sean Connery)!