Simply brilliant. Anyone in Europe who scathes about the fact that the 'business' in movie business is valued more than the art or intelligence should lock themselves in a room with the collected works of Billy Wilder and John Huston, and sit themselves down for an education in how to make such films effortlessly.

I know this is sacrilege but in the right hands this would be an equally brilliant remake.

The over-the-top ending spoilt it for me, although the very last scene was suitably gruesome/ shocking.