Reasonable Film - Dreadful Adaptation

Rating: 5/10 (13 August 2006)

Viewed as a thriller, without reference to Moore's book, it's a fairly good film. An enjoyable way to while away 2 hours. All what you would expect excellent picture quality, even though it's a dialogue driven film the sound is clean and well defined and it moves along at a pretty brisk pace.
As an adaptation it is, in my view, awful. All the layers were stripped away, complex interactions reduced to a few lines. The film was almost a parody.
I think I can begin to understand why Moore had his name removed. On the DVD's Extras - everyone taking credit - David Lloyd sounding as though it was his creation!
As a film 7 as an adaptation 2