Notoriety is so firmly associated with Roman Polanski that it should probably be his middle name.
His critics may be surprised to discover that his screen version of the Robert Harris novel The Ghost is an efficient, almost anonymous, old-school political thriller that a weary Alfred Hitchcock might have made in the Sixites.The film is polished and deliberately paced with Polanski's professionalism and a strong cast compensating for a plot that doesn't stand up to close scrutiny.
Ewan McGregor's cynical hack known throughout as The Ghost is hired to salvage the dull memoirs of former British prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan).
His predecessor at the word processor died in mysterious circumstances but the hefty fee is irresistible. His arrival at Lang's retreat on an island off the eastern seaboard of America coincides with an announcement that The Hague may try Lang for war crimes.
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