But still pretty dire. First off, I'll make it clear that I'm a long-time fan of the 1975 James Caan version so I may be biased by that. This movie seems to have missed the point of the whole story - we get lots of glitz and violence, and none of the social comment of the original. Even Jean Reno can't save this from the bargin bins - only bother seeing this if there's nothing else on TV and you don't have any paint to watch dry...