Product: Tailor of Panama [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 4.0
The Corruption of James Bond...
...ok, well maybe not James Bond, but close enough.In this movie, we get to see a James Bond-esque character played by Pierce Brosnan screw up a tailor in Panama's life. Rather humorous is the fact that the British agent's character has all the elements of a James Bond: A British, womanizing, MI6 secret agent... except that he has an unhealthy thirst for cash and retiring.Banished to Panama for landing in the British tabloids, he locates a local tailor (Geoffrey Rushe) who sends him on a wild goose chase, ending with rather tragic circumstances.What seperates this from a James Bond film, though, is the lack of action, or gadgets. The only gunshot that goes off in this movie takes place off screen, and dialogue is what carries the movie.Perhaps what best sums up the movie is a quote by the tailor himself: "It's like Casablanca, except without heroes."Immediately engaging, witty, and very exciting, this movie is rather unpredicatable, and extremely volatile, making it a must see DVD!