- Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017
Secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) wields a mean brolly in this training sequence from The Avengers (1998). Choreographed by the great English fight director William Hobbs, Steed’s impeccable umbrella-fu was probably the most entertaining part of the movie, which bombed at the box office.
See here for further information on Steed’s weaponised umbrella as featured in the classic Avengers TV series, starring Patrick Macnee.