Shady art dealer hunting for Nazi gold
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Hollywood action comedy ‘Mortdecai’ revolving around an art dealer (Johnny Depp) travels the world to find a stolen painting that is rumoured to contain the code to a bank account filled with Nazi gold, is now being screened at the Superior, Majestic Cineplex and at Gold cinema, Empire Arcade Independent Square Colombo.
Adapted from the book anthology Mortdecai written by Kyril Bonfiglioli, the film is directed by David Koepp. ‘Mortdecai’ stars Johnny Depp in the title role and Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany, and Jeff Goldblum in the rest of the roles.
Charismatic British aristocrat and part-time shady art dealer Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) suffers from a constant lack of funds to support his lush lifestyle, so when Alistair Maitland (Ewan McGregor), a college friend and officer in MI5, asks him to find a stolen Goya painting, he accepts. But Charlie’s not the only one with designs on the painting; an American heiress and a revolutionary want it too, for the artwork is rumoured to contain the code to a bank account filled with Nazi gold.