The Thomas Crown Affair [1999] (DVD)

I wasn't too keen on seeing this film when I looked at the box, but was eventually persuaded to watch it by my mum and I actually really enjoyed this film and see it as one of my favourite films! I am normally into more action or war type films, but this is nothing like this and is very different to the norm for me but yet still a great film and worth a watch. This film is actually a remake from the original in 1968 and is about Thomas Crown - a rich billionaire who owns a massive company. However he gets very bored being this rich and needs to find something to do to occupy himself. For example he crashes a very expensive catamaran and bets thousands of ...

It is extremely rare that a remake comes anywhere near the quality of the original film. It is even rarer when it actually surpasses the original. In my personal opinion, the Pierce Brosnan/Renée Russo remake of The Thomas Crown Affair is one of those most rare birds. The story is about an extremely wealthy man - Thomas Crown - who steals a precious work of art just for the fun of it, and how the insurance investigator realizes it was him and tries every way she can to recover the painting - including getting personally involved, in all senses of the word! The original starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. While McQueen was well known for his bad-boy ...

Somehow this film had skipped passed me until a couple of weekends ago. I actually had seen the end once before but this was the first time that I got to see the film in full. Having never watched the original Thomas Crown Affair, I don't feel that I can compare the two fairly. Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard), it was his first adventure into this genre as far as I am aware. This film though, made in 1999 is one of my new favourites! Not too disimilar from Oceans 11, 12 and 13, it's a cool as a cucumber theft of a valuable item movie! In this case, the item is a priceless Monet. Special Features: -Feature Length Audio Commentary by ...