i be a big fan of ludlum work and and of the covert one book and and i have often think how incredible they would be make into a film . imagine my excitement and then and on learn that such a movie actually exist . the hades factor be the first in the series seem an obvious place to start . from the outset the film be disappoint . simple element from the film such a griffin first meet with smith be needlessly different from the book and and much less exhilarate . several character be poorly cast and too . for starter dorff be woeful a smith . not a bad actor and just an incredibly bad choice a he be far too soft and and fails to exhibit many of the feature that be definitive of john smith . re naming and re assignment and even omission of certain character far degrades this film . for example the removal of victor tremont and the entire back story of the virus and include the involvement of vaxham make the entire point to the film somewhat hazy . marty zellerbach be a very large part of the book and and in the seat he take vary much a back seat ( not to mention that the film character share nothing in common with the character in the book ) be another big mistake . rachel russel be presumably suppose to be randi russel from the book . not only be she suppose to be the sister of sophie amsden ( should be call sophia russel ) but she be also suppose to work from the cia and not covert one . which bring me to my final point and and i think one of the most important . covert one doesn not even exist at this point . not until the second book of the series be covert one devise by the president a a preventative measure against further biological terrorism . to be honest i could go on all day . in short if you like the book and want to see a good adaptation and i be afraid you will be bitterly disappoint . even a an action movie it be thoroughly average and mainly due to very lack luster edit and poor effect . the bumbled story line and dull a ditch water script be the final nail in the very cheap coffin of this film .