Synopsis:

Quote: Oscar® nominee Jude Law (2000, Best Supporting Actor, The Talented Mr. Ripley; 2004 Best Actor, Cold Mountain) and two-time Oscar®-winner Michael Caine (1987, Best Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her Sisters; 2000 Best Supporting Actor, The Cider House Rules) join forces in this sharp-witted, modern adaptation of the 1972 classic, Sleuth.  

 

Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly dual of wits, Andrew Wyke (Caine) and Milo Tindle (Law) come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke’s wife:  the woman both are sleeping with.  But as wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle’s game of one-upmanship spirals out of control, in an escalating chess match than can have only one outcome:  murder

pitdeadite wrote:  I like Michael Caine. But more importantly, I liked what he had to say about Jaws 4: The Revenge.

 "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."


That Michael Caine quote keeps popping up lately.  Yesterday I heard it on IFC's podcast and a couple days before that a friend of mine mentioned it.

Dsclass; this isn't the original film version of Sleuth. This is the new version starring Caine in the Olivier role and Jude Law in the Caine role.

I didn't bother seeing the original film because I read the play and thought it was rubbish. The fact that the original movie adaptation was 140 minutes based on an 80 page play that really had nowhere to go but down put me off more than anything else. I saw this version because of the Pinter screenplay and while it is better than the play in some respects, it never gets it together long enough to make me give a damn. Oh and Jude Law is vastly outclassed, outacted and a good chunk of the time is just plain uninteresting.

I might watch the remake, but tis a shame the original is OOP.

I kept hoping they'd announce a re-release of the original with this. It's not looking likely but I'm still holding out hope. If not I'll have to just go the Region 2 route.

I saw the original when released and saw it again last year. Fabulous acting with Caine and Olivier at the top of their game. I have absolutely no desire to watch a remake

Sub-par remake! The original walks all over this in every way.

Anyone ever notice that, except for 2007, Jude Law is in like, every movie?

I'll rent it Before I buy It

I mistook Jude Law for a girl from that box. xD