Pierce Brosnan plays Andy Osnard, a disgraced MI6 agent who's sent to the hardship post of Panama to monitor the situation there for the Brits. No one's happy about handing the management of the Panama Canal back to the Panamanians, least of all the Americans have run it for 85 years.
In Panama Andy heads straight for Harry Pendel, Geoffrey Rush, a tailor with Saville Row credentials who makes suits for Panamanian society - he even made suits for Noriega when he was alive. Harry's a perfect target for Andy because he has a secret past which he's hidden from his American wife Louisa, Jamie Lee Curtis, and he has debts.
Andy wants dirt and he knows Harry has fitting room connections. Harry is horrified at the prospect of betraying confidences but Andy leans on him and so he obliges with a mish mash of fact and fiction....
This was an enjoyable film - although I felt it had no real direction - until about three quarters of the way through. Brosnan plays a wonderful anti-Bond-esk character, revolting, slimy to a tee. Rush's performance has a touch of the maniacal but plays well. Above average.
In Panama Andy heads straight for Harry Pendel, Geoffrey Rush, a tailor with Saville Row credentials who makes suits for Panamanian society - he even made suits for Noriega when he was alive. Harry's a perfect target for Andy because he has a secret past which he's hidden from his American wife Louisa, Jamie Lee Curtis, and he has debts.
Andy wants dirt and he knows Harry has fitting room connections. Harry is horrified at the prospect of betraying confidences but Andy leans on him and so he obliges with a mish mash of fact and fiction....
This was an enjoyable film - although I felt it had no real direction - until about three quarters of the way through. Brosnan plays a wonderful anti-Bond-esk character, revolting, slimy to a tee. Rush's performance has a touch of the maniacal but plays well. Above average.