Pierce Brosnan portrays an anti-007 type spy in John Boorman's film of John LeCarre's novel, `The Tailor of Panama'. Boorman has filmed a rich and exciting tale peopled with complicated characters. Brosnan is the antithesis of James Bond as Andy Osnard, exiled to Panama after a romantic indiscretion. He chooses Harry Pendel, superbly portrayed by Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush, as his paid informer, the tailor of the title. Pendel is married to Louisa (Jamie Lee Curtis) who works for the head of the Panama Canal Authority. Now that the U.S. no longer controls the Canal Zone, the future of the canal is up for grabs among the nations of the world. The complex interrelationships of the characters is sometimes confusing. However, Boorman has used creative cinematic techniques to move his story along quickly drawing the viewer into its vortex of betrayal and greed. In particular, Boorman uses music and intercutting of a romantic dance with a love-making scene between Andy and Francesca (Catherine McCormack), a colleague at the British Embassy. It was quite courageous of Boorman to show Brosnan's character as quite reprehensible and yet charming. Brosnan pulls it off winningly. The intelligent filmgoer will not be disappointed by this adult look at modern espionage.