A disgustingly moralistic story from a rather fun book

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2017)

This is a disgustingly moralistic story. And what makes things more unpleasant is that the book was pleasant.
The book was about the fun the guy had. He never stole. In a way he can be the emblem of any left leaning government: stealing from the rich to make the life better for those poorer than the rich. He is not violent. He is not a clownish serial killer turned forger. Yet the character in the movie does just that: leaving trails and taunting the smart cop.
And the cop was not in the original story. The cop is pasted. And it turns out the cop is the actual character of the story. He is nice. Not only he does not beat the hardened criminal, but he spends his time trying to free him and give him a job and we can assume the path to a regular life. The cop is moral and just. He does not spend government money unless it is to safeguard the rights of a criminal. He spends his free time away from his family to work. He is almost a saint.
And the adventure? There is no adventure. Only a fatherly law enforcer that rehabilitates a criminal. What about the European trip? Who cares?
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