While annoying some pundits by killing off Ryan Reynolds in the film's beginning, the movie's main failure was to try and make it uncomplicated and more action oriented for the American audiences. By removing the strong role that Reynold's character had in the book, and was probably filmed but later edited out in the final stages of production, the movie became disjointed and too simplistic. Likewise, the role of the CIA boss played by Gary Oldman was just overblown and ridiculous - he was a Harrison Ford on steroids (frantic beyond belief). I would not be surprised that if the original film was obtained and it was re-edited and re-produced to more closely follow the book, and not some cheap American action flick, it could be made into a very good movie.
