Entrapment Not Like Real Life

Pensioners cavorting with sizzling catsuit-clad sex pots not a reflection of real life? Well possibly not, but that’s not what’s irking Mahathir Mohamad, the Malasian PM. After assisting the production of ![]Entrapmentthe government’s less than happy with the portrayal of their country in the finished result. The film is a cat and mouse game between an aging art thief, Sean Connery, and an insurance investigator Catherine Zeta Jones which partly takes place in Malaysia. One scene involves the couple sailing down a squalid river with the images of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas towers in the background. The towers are the tallest in the world (88 storeys and 452 metres, trivia buffs) and surrounded by lush gardens and the river in question is situated in Malacca. “The distorted view of the twin towers will certainly make the movie audiences in rich countries conclude that Malaysia is one of those developing countries which waste public funds, perhaps even foreign aid, on useless grandiose monuments. I really cannot understand why we need to distort and harm when we can be charitable without any additional cost to ourselves,'' Mahathir said. After helping Twentieth Century Fox with visa processing, customs clearance, telecommunications and the provision of a police SWAT team he’s feeling a little short changed by the geographical liberties taken by the film crew.