THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999). Norman Jewison's 1968 original -- with Steve McQueen as Thomas Crown, the millionaire Boston businessman who robs banks for fun and Faye Dunaway as demure Vicky Anderson, the insurance investigator hired to catch him -- is rivaled and perhaps even surpassed by John McTiernan's remake, which transplants the story to New York City. Pierce Brosnan's Thomas is a cocky, obscenely rich playboy who steals famous works of art (somehow more excusable than McQueen's money pilfering) for kicks. And as the insurance investigator/bounty hunter, Rene Russo trades in her sexy-mousy routine for fiery and passionate; the question is not whether she'll get her man but whether she'll get to keep him.

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