This BBC made for TV movie opens up with many loose ends. Bill Nighly stars as Johnny Worricker, an MI5 agent. His neighbor, Nancy Pierpan (Rachel Weisz) suddenly takes an interest in him. Sitting in her flat is Ralph Wilson (Tom Hughes) who must now leave because Bill showed up.
At work, Bill's boss (Michael Gambon) shows him a Top Secret document. Bill is most interested in "Page Eight." There is a concern for future terrorist attacks. Meanwhile Bill's daughter (Felicity Jones) is a famous artist who paints morbid pictures of despair. At a showing of her paintings, Ralph Wilson happens to be there too. Bill doesn't like these coincidences in his life.
***Midpoint plot spoiler*** Page 8 of the document is rather boring by 2010 standards. It seems Americans have secret interrogation sites across the world where they torture prisoners AND the Prime Minister knows about it. Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) is the Prime Minister of England. The political and legal ramifications are discussed, but there appears to be no moral outrage. More coincidental things happen in the film to make you go hmm, but it is not really a mystery as there is no puzzle, or is there?. All we have is Johnny Worricker's gut feeling something isn't right.
Good acting. Interesting plot twists. A movie which asks moral questions for our modern society.
The movie initially uses some good old fashion gumshoe jazz as a way to connect us to simpler times. But it's the 21st century now...
F-bomb, No sex, no nudity
At work, Bill's boss (Michael Gambon) shows him a Top Secret document. Bill is most interested in "Page Eight." There is a concern for future terrorist attacks. Meanwhile Bill's daughter (Felicity Jones) is a famous artist who paints morbid pictures of despair. At a showing of her paintings, Ralph Wilson happens to be there too. Bill doesn't like these coincidences in his life.
***Midpoint plot spoiler*** Page 8 of the document is rather boring by 2010 standards. It seems Americans have secret interrogation sites across the world where they torture prisoners AND the Prime Minister knows about it. Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) is the Prime Minister of England. The political and legal ramifications are discussed, but there appears to be no moral outrage. More coincidental things happen in the film to make you go hmm, but it is not really a mystery as there is no puzzle, or is there?. All we have is Johnny Worricker's gut feeling something isn't right.
Good acting. Interesting plot twists. A movie which asks moral questions for our modern society.
The movie initially uses some good old fashion gumshoe jazz as a way to connect us to simpler times. But it's the 21st century now...
F-bomb, No sex, no nudity