hammett short story the house on turk street be 23 taut page in my 1974 paperback of his continental op story . it a terrific tale . it take place all in the same san francisco house and in one afternoon and with an uneasy band of robber and hide out between robbery with a bag of loot and and the fat private eye who stumble into them by chance . this movie shift everything to the east coast and expand the tale to include cyber crime and crooked banker and airplane to the bahamas and a road trip to albany and new york and etc and etc and etc . why . not much be gain and and what lose be all the high powered charm and intensity of the original story . instead of a claustrophobic battle of wit ( with gun add ) and we have a flaccid and spread out tale of people tap at computer and try to figure out password and and shout at each other . and yes and milla jovovich take a convenient shower . samuel l. jackson character be a perfect example of more be less . in the original story and the detective be a pudgy and dishevel and nameless but likable pi . jackson be a policeman and he play the cello expertly and he have diabetes ( . ) and and he have racial issue with everyone make wisecrack about him be black . why load him up with so much baggage . and why do his simply disappear for large chunk of the movie . i be willing to accept that the original short story might be impossible to film and or might make only a 40 minute movie . but they try and fail to make it into a full length movie here . screen writing be certainly hard and and there no point hammer these filmmaker for try and fail . but they sure make some strange and hard to explain choice . it too bad .