When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will
Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to
track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Director:
Bharat NalluriWriters:
Jonathan Brackley (screenplay), Sam Vincent (screenplay)Stars:
Kit Harington, Tuppence Middleton, Elyes GabelStoryline
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will
Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to
track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
User Reviews
Another traitor at MI5
MI5 spymaster Harry
Pearce (Peter Firth) is in disgrace after Middle East mega-terrorist
Qasim (Elyes Gabel) escapes on his watch. But even from the sidelines
Sir Harry throws himself into a private campaign, with the help of
rookie agent Will Holloway (Kit Harington), to recapture Qasim, prevent a
monstrous attack on London and expose a traitor at the heart of the
security services.
The mole plot is recycled from John Le Carre and many another spy writer (and I guessed early on who the traitor would be). GAME OF THRONES rent-a-hunk Harington slightly underplays a Jason Bourne clone in a story cloned from a Bourne screenplay. But if the bare bones of the script lack originality, the feeling of this-is-how-it-must-really- be watching Intelligence people urgently doing their thing gives this movie all the edge and pace that made the TV series so very engrossing. Central to SPOOKS's success has always been the substantial (in both senses) presence of Peter Firth; his Harry Pearce combines the gravitas of George Smiley with the forcefulness of 007's boss M. Jennifer Ehle, Tim McInnerny and David Harewood vie with each other for creepiness as a trio of Whitehall mandarins. Even if you're not a fan of the BBCtv series, this is a cracking good spy story.
The mole plot is recycled from John Le Carre and many another spy writer (and I guessed early on who the traitor would be). GAME OF THRONES rent-a-hunk Harington slightly underplays a Jason Bourne clone in a story cloned from a Bourne screenplay. But if the bare bones of the script lack originality, the feeling of this-is-how-it-must-really- be watching Intelligence people urgently doing their thing gives this movie all the edge and pace that made the TV series so very engrossing. Central to SPOOKS's success has always been the substantial (in both senses) presence of Peter Firth; his Harry Pearce combines the gravitas of George Smiley with the forcefulness of 007's boss M. Jennifer Ehle, Tim McInnerny and David Harewood vie with each other for creepiness as a trio of Whitehall mandarins. Even if you're not a fan of the BBCtv series, this is a cracking good spy story.
