In case you don't know, I'd like to make it clear that this is a true story.
The first flashback actually happened. When the creator of Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell, was a serving soldier he gave food to a feral child who carried a stick with a nail through it as a weapon.
He hoped (as do I) that she grew up to some kind of happy life. It seems unlikely, though.
The remaining flashback sequences are a fleshing-out of O'Donnell's own back-story for the character, and ring true to the original.
My argument with the rest of the film, the sequences with Modesty Blaise in the casino, is that they're not up to the standard of plotting of the books and cartoon strips. To give one instance, Modesty Blaise has a gun held to her head and dragged behind a curtain. As anyone who knows the stories is aware, a villain who holds a gun within arm's reach of either Modesty Blaise or Willie Garvin is in for a serious kicking.
This film is an encouraging step in the right direction, but I still worry that the next film in the series, if there is one, will be poorly plotted.
The first flashback actually happened. When the creator of Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell, was a serving soldier he gave food to a feral child who carried a stick with a nail through it as a weapon.
He hoped (as do I) that she grew up to some kind of happy life. It seems unlikely, though.
The remaining flashback sequences are a fleshing-out of O'Donnell's own back-story for the character, and ring true to the original.
My argument with the rest of the film, the sequences with Modesty Blaise in the casino, is that they're not up to the standard of plotting of the books and cartoon strips. To give one instance, Modesty Blaise has a gun held to her head and dragged behind a curtain. As anyone who knows the stories is aware, a villain who holds a gun within arm's reach of either Modesty Blaise or Willie Garvin is in for a serious kicking.
This film is an encouraging step in the right direction, but I still worry that the next film in the series, if there is one, will be poorly plotted.
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