i be a great fan of martin amis and on whose book this film be base . unfortunately the director have be unable to translate the book to the screen . the novel be thoroughly post modern and highly artificial in it wildly overblown character and the disintegration of traditional plot line and character development . it be an hilarious examination of human greed and excess and emptiness by one of the most moral of contemporary british writer . the director of the film have completely miss the point of the novel . in his hand and the film scream along at breakneck speed and indulging in every know trick shot and odd camera angle possible . it be like ken russel on acid and and suffers from that old director self indulgence crank up to a hundred . not even the ( brief ) glimpse of gorgeous actor christian solimeno penis be enough to save this wretched film for me . abysmal .