if you be already a fan of peter odonnell wonderful modesty blaise book from the sixty and you will really enjoy this movie . if you have ever see the 1966 modesty blaise film and forget it . that be camp . this be the real modesty blaise . the story and character be both true to the modesty that fan of the book know and love . it a long way from joe losey 1966 travesty and and it take our modesty quite seriously . alexandra staden be quite good and believable in the part and and yes and we do get to see her kick butt . chucklethis be likely meant to be the first movie of a series and a such it serve to introduce modesty and her childhood and her day with lob . since peter odonnell be the creative consultant on the movie and everything really ring true . even the story odonnell tell of how he conceive the character be just a he tell it . have read all the book and i enjoy the movie even more for that . now that miramax have keep their option on the property by have quentin tarrentino make this film and i do hope to see more of the modesty story asap . especially a the wonderful character of willie garvin make modesty character really come alive . to that end and i really hope the film do well in europe . i have no idea if miramax intend to ever distribute the dvd in the usa . i suspect it might not do that well in the usa in general distribution . i wonder how miramax decide where and how to distribute it films . in the story and modesty be in her early 20 and work at louche casino in tangier . the flashback sequence be artfully do and take modesty from about 9 year old and through her teen up to her current age in the movie about 21 22 and i would guess . i really do not think there a perfect actress for modesty . for many of u modesty fan and she much too powerful a presence in our imagination already . alexandra staden be credible . she be very slim and graceful and poise . she have lot of closeup . she have a great face one that stick in your mind well after the movie be over . accord to o donnell illustrator and romero and modesty have rather a fuller figure than staden and but i be willing to overlook that . if staden continue in the role and i think she will mature into it just a modesty grows more powerful and skilled a she get old . staden already conveys modesty humor and absolute assurance very well . go ahead and rent this movie and it not like anything else you have see and even though it be direct by scott spiegel and it be full of tarrentino touch and great camera move and lighting and well do action sequence .