My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)

Director:

Scott Spiegel

Writers (WGA):

Lee Batchler (written by) &
Janet Scott Batchler (written by)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Killer elegance, deadly force, explosive strength... what's in a name?

Plot:

The story of how Modesty got her name. |

Plot Keywords:

Secret Agent | Based On Comic Book | Casino | Based On Comic | Based On Comic Strip

Cast

Alexandra Staden	...	Modesty Blaise
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Miklos
Raymond Cruz	...	Raphael Garcia
Fred Pearson	...	Professor Lob
Valentin Teodosiu	...	Henri Louche
Eugenia Yuan	...	Irina
Ion Haiduc	...	High Roller
Bogdan Dumitrescu	...	Boutellis
Marcello Cobzarju	...	Charopos
Dragos Bucur	...	Janos
Dan Astileanu	...	Squad Leader
Damian Oancea	...	Sympathetic Man
Mihai Bisericanu	...	Stassi
Stephen Apostolina	...	Additional voice (voice)
Steve Bulen	...	Additional voice (voice)

Also Known As:

My Name Is Modesty (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

USA:78 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Iceland:16 | Denmark:15 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

The first scene is based on a true story. In 1942 Peter O'Donnell was on a scouting team in what they then called Persia. Making sure the Germans wasn't going through there to capture the oilfields in the middle east. They were sitting under their camouflage tent one day and a 6 year old little girl (probably homeless) was looking at them from a small distance. They gave her a can of McConnochie's and then she left. They never heard from her again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Conversation with Peter O'Donnell (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Jared Hazak

Decent piece of work for newbies

Having heard of Modesty Blaise before, but never having read a novel or a comic strip, my wife and I liked the film a lot. It delivered, in a captivating way, a good introduction to the character and her background.

Although it has some action flick elements, it is much more an intimate play, excellently written. Sadly, this is also, where a major drawback of the movie is revealed. An intimate play lives on the capabilities of its actors and unfortunately only half of the cast delivered. While Alexandra Staden did an excellent job as Modesty Blaise, her counterpart Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau - as the villain Miklos - did not. Smiling his way through the plot as if it is an extend toothpaste commercial, he fails to build up an atmosphere of anxiety that would have made the movie a masterpiece. The supporting cast is somehow similar, from some stereotyped gangsters and sluts to decent performances from Fred Pearson as Professor Lob and Eugenia Yuan as Irina.