The Movie: This film is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name which starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The 1999 version stars Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Faye Dunaway also has a small role in the new version. I've never seen the original film, and truthfully, the only reason why I rented this movie in the first place was because I knew Sting wrote the theme song for it.

Basically the story goes that Pierce Brosnan is a billionaire who steals a very important painting for a museum for fun. Rene Russo is working for the insurance company who would rather not write a $100 million check for the painting. She knows he did it, and he knows she knows he did it, so the rest of the movie is a big game between the two of them, and somewhere in there there's a love story too.

But I don't know if I really noticed that since for the middle, oh 1/4th of the movie or so, Rene Russo pretty much spent the whole time with no top on. Overall though, I thought it was a pretty entertaining movie, with some suspense and interesting twists and turns, but it was no rollercoaster ride, and it was no Bond movie either. But definitely worth the rental.

The DVD: Lessee... 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer of average quality, and pretty good sound. The main menu had a cute museum theme to it, but it did not carry over to all of the other menus. Special features include director's commentary, theatrical trailer, and the most interesting of the three -- the theatrical trailer from the 1968 original. Basically what you're getting is the movie, but that's the most important part of all :)