Elise (Angelina Jolie) sits next to an American tourist, Frank (Johnny Depp), on a train going to Venice. She has chosen him as a decoy, making believe that he is her lover who is wanted by police. Not only will they need to evade the police, but also the mobster whose money her lover stole.
Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
This espionage-comedy has a number of elements in common with the James Bond franchise. The villain is played by Steven Berkoff who played a villain in
Octopussy whilst the section chief is played by Timothy Dalton, the former James Bond from
The Living Daylights and
Licence to Kill. The movie is predominantly set in Venice which is where three Bond pictures have lensed:
From Russia with Love,
Casino Royale and
Moonraker. Of the latter, both this film and that feature the Hotel Danieli.
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Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
In the train sequences early on, the trains shown are electric high speed trains. However the sound effects heard during the aerial shots of the trains heading from Paris to Venice are that of diesel power cars of British InterCity 125 trains. Similarly, in the train interior scenes, no overhead power masts can be seen through the windows. The lines from Paris to Venice are all overhead electric powered.
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