 The screenplay gives away the game by having the entire story narrated in flashback by the hero, who treats it not as an adventure but as a series of devious deceptions which he can patiently explain to the man holding a gun on him--and to us.At the end, we can see how smart he is and how everybody was fooled, but we don't care.... That's not to say the movie, directed by James Foley, is badly made.