the film my name be modesty be base around an episode that take up about one page in the 10th modesty blaise novel call night of the morningstar . it describe an incident in which the young modesty ( 17 in the book and mid twenty in the film ) assert her leadership in a war over a casino . a this be set before the actual blaise adventure her trusted sidekick willi garvin be not in the film . that be one of the main problem a the relationship between blaise and garvin be certainly always one of the fascinating aspect of the novel and the long running comic strip . the other problem be that the film be quite simply incredibly bore because it really be just one small episode blow up into a screenplay . the casting be okay but alexandra staden be not really convince a the heroine and actually too old for the role to play the young modesty . i get the impression that this film be a quick and dirty solution a not to lose the right to the blaise franchise .