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My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)
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Killer elegance, deadly force, explosive strength... what's in a name? more
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The story of how Modesty got her name. | add synopsis
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Unexpectedly good
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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) |
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My Name Is Modesty (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for violence.
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USA:78 min (DVD version)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Australia:MA |
Iceland:16 |
Denmark:15 |
UK:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Finland:K-15 |
Germany:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
USA:R
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There is one major discrepancy between this film and the way Modesty's background is described in the novels and comic strips. According to the flashbacks shown in this movie, Lob, the old man who tutored Modesty, was not only a scholarly professor who knew seven languages and had a great general knowledge, but was also a martial arts master who taught Modesty advanced unarmed combat (despite the fact that Modesty, as a child, is also shown saving Lob from some thieving boys). In the novels and comic strips Lob was the intellectual tutor, but he was totally helpless and needed Modesty to defend him. Modesty learned unarmed combat at a later time in her life, picking it up various places including from masters in the Far East.
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Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#33.12)" (2005)
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Jared Hazak
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Unfortunately many consumers who write reviews for IMDb equate low budget with not good. Whatever else this movie might need, more budget really isn't part of it. Big sets and lots of special effects would have turned it into another Lara Croft movie. What we have here is a step or two better than that.
The nearly unknown Alexandra Staden is captivating as the enigmatic Modesty, and this is crucial for this movie to work. Her wise little smiles and knowing looks are formidable, and you find yourself wishing that the camera won't leaver her face. It makes it workable that the bad guy Nikolai, played by also little known (in the U.S. at least) Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau might take an unusually cerebral interest in her, something Modesty can exploit. She is able to divert his raping her with just a shove and spitting out "stop wasting my time!" then storming off between his heavily armed yet suddenly diffident henchmen. Making a scene like that plausible doesn't happen by accident.
Probably the biggest problem I have with the rail-thin Staden playing Modesty is it just isn't very believable for her to go hand to hand with an athletic and muscled looking guy like Coaster-Waldau and beat him. She just ain't a Peta Wilson or a pumped-up Hilary Swank type actress who can throw a convincing punch. Coaster-Waldau letting himself be overpowered by Staden looks like he's just roughhousing with his little sister.
Since this is not really an action film, this isn't a big flaw. I just hope they do better on that if and when they make sequels.