Art forgery cloned into a James Bond" movie, with an utterly bad script. Coincidences abound, and everything seems totally contrived, like they started out with the ridiculous court scene, and then tried to make everything fit leading up to it. To think that a judge and jury would sit "spellbound" for hours on end watching Jason Patric paint a "masterpiece" in an afternoon is beyond ridiculous. And speaking of Jason Patric, his character is so unlikable that the only one to sympathize with is the long suffering audience. Rod Steiger is totally wasted, and so was my hour and forty eight minutes, watching this total nonsense. - Merk

This movie has art forgery, romance and evasion from the law. It is the type of movie that I should like, but after a promising start, it fails to deliver very well on any of the themes.The forgery aspect is handled fairly well, although the writers seem not to have heard of diffraction spectroscopy or any of the other post-xray methods in use which would probably have detected the forgery without difficulty. This is the sort of oversight one could forgive if the other story elements were handled better. As Cecil B. DeMille once observed when a plot hole was pointed out to him, nobody will notice if you keep the movie going, because "you can't see the teeth on a buzzsaw." That is only true, however, when the saw is turned on and the teeth are in motion.In this film, the romance never feels right, and only serves to slow down the action. And when the buzzsaw is stopped, you can see the teeth.Similarly, the evasion segments amount to little more than darting out of windows and ducking into alleyways. Never very credible, it finally leads to a courtroom sequence which is pure rubbish, and a fairytale conclusion which would have embarrassed Walt Disney.I wanted to like this movie, and I tried to like it. Unfortunately, it failed to help me.

This movie made me very frustrated. It is a well acted movie, especially by Irene Jacob, but even Jason Patric does a an OK job. The villain is quite general but well conceived.The biggest problem is the script, which is very intelligent. So why is this a problem? Because no matter how intelligent it is, it still has huge holes. For example, in the beginning Harry (Jason Patric) is seen running from the police on TV. Was there a cameraman present? And why is the TV black-and-white? Then after him and Marieke know each better (if you get my drift), she says that she has to leave in a hurry, yet she is not hurrying. Also, why does Alastair (Thomas Lockyer) kill his Korean partner? Wasn't it enough to accuse Harry of theft? Finally I saved the worst for last: They (Harry and Marieke) are in a London suburbs and Harry uses the phone. Then Marieke who believed herself kidnapped locks Harry in the telephone booth. She locks him from the outside!!!!What is the logic in that? I can understand the lock to be on the inside (Harry's side) but on the outside?!Yet if you'd like to see a well structured, yet flawed thriller, see "Incognito". It has a boring beginning, an exciting middle and an utterly unsatisfying ending.5/10

This is slightly better than a good TV movie. The grand art forgery swindle game is interesting, but Jason Patrick is rather irritating with his big mouth and surly attitude toward everyone, sort of like the tempermental artist, and it gets a bit tiresome. The plot has a few good twists, and if you're not expecting the world it's an Ok flick. >