They have made the film function successfully almost as well as in the original setting.

Much of the cynicism, and thus the fun, of its many Western predecessors goes missing.

Schadenfreude carries a delectable tang no matter the language, and as the history of Hollywood shows, stories about pretty people behaving badly remain reliably alluring.

For those familiar with the material, besides the language and location, there's absolutely nothing new brought to material that's been done better, several times before.