there be something about this film that intrigue me deeply . the day after watch it i pay a visit to my local waterstones to try and solve the mystery once and for all . i want to know if paul theroux have write all that awful and stilted and clichéd dialogue ( i actually laugh involuntarily at a couple of exchange ) or be it some sort of set up . be the screenplay for half moon street a literary mugging of the acclaimed author work ( he have his enemy you know ) and or be the original story ( dr slaughter ) just a unbelievable and unsubtle and irritate a the film . i be puzzle by something else too . i know the dialogue be bad but why do sigourney weaver part seem so much more wooden than michael caine . be her line be tamper with while she be have her hair do . be sir michael somehow involve in the whole intrigue and or be he such a fine screen actor that he be able to rise above bad writing and deliver a reasonably believable performance in the most adverse of circumstance . i felt a pang of sympathy for sigourney . she certainly have have a tough job on her hand not only have to spout forth such hackneyed drivel but also have to give depth to a thoroughly unappealing and one dimensional character . i start to formulate a theory that perhaps jackie collins be somehow involve in rewrite the part of this suppose independent and intelligent woman and so ham fisted be it while but who have hire her . who have it in for sigourney so badly . a i near the counter to pay for my copy of dr slaughter i begin to realise that i be fall prey to the kind of half bake conspiracy theory that often pass for the plot of film like half moon street . what more and it start to dawn on me that perhaps i have be lure into watch it by the prospect of see the beautiful sigourney in various ( often gratuitous ) state of undress while these include a shower scene and a scene where she pull on a tight white cotton singlet while be the producer cynically cash in on the whole alien or ripley thing . i be start to feel exploited and vaguely sully ( pretty much like sigourney weaver must have felt ) . the dvd have be free and but upon discover that the book be not and i make my excuse and leave . i can not advise anyone whether or not to watch this film while i suppose it really depend on how valuable your time be . it not an erotic film though and if that what youre expect psychological depth be conspicuous by it absence . if youre a sigourney fan then i think you will be so disappointed by her wooden performance that her charisma and sheer physical allure would not compensate . the film be date ( if nothing else be amiss with half moon street then the soundtrack would kill it single handedly ) and the plot be confuse and boring and and the character lack depth .