original comic strip), Modesty as an adult is shown using computers and other current (for 2004) technology. Cast Alexandra Staden as Modesty Blaise Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Miklos Raymond Cruz as Raphael Garcia Fred Pearson as Professor Lob Eugenia Yuan as Irina Valentin Teodosiu as Henri Louche Bianca Ana Tudorica as Young Modesty Blaise Production After director Scott Spiegel filmed From Dusk till Dawn 2 in 1999, producer Harvey Weinstein asked Spiegel to direct My Name Is Modesty. Quentin Tarantino joined the filming as an executive producer. Filming took place in Bucharest, Romania and lasted 18 days. The film was produced pro forma for Miramax Films to maintain rights to the source material, the Modesty Blaise comic strip. Peter O'Donnell acted as a consultant to the film with an updated sequence in the story mirroring how O'Donnell first met the girl who inspired him. Release My Name Is Modesty was released straight to DVD. Reception Juan Morales of The New York Times called the film one of the "vivid examples of Mr. Spiegel's sly, visual directing style". Joe Leydon of Variety opined that the film "isn't half-bad" and is a "mildly diverting time-killer". He went on to note, "Scripters Lee and Janet Scott Batchler concoct a scenario that often plays like the pilot for a syndicated teleseries. Budgetary and scheduling restraints require vet vidpic director Scott Spiegel... to keep most of the action within the casino set. Still, Spiegel sustains a reasonable level of tension while Modesty stalls for time. Climactic smackdown is suitably brisk, if predictable. Handsome lensing by Vivi Dragan Vasile is a plus." References External links 2004 films 2004 action thriller films American action thriller films Peter O'Donnell Films based on British comics Films based on comic strips Films directed by Scott Spiegel Films scored by Deborah Lurie Films set in Tangier Films about gambling Live-action films based on comics 2000s English-language films 2000s American films