It's a shame that a film with good production and decent actors has been ruined by the terrible script. The plot and characters are completely unrealistic. Everything is so clichéd.
This film is only one step removed from the realm of action adventure spy's who jump out of windows and dive through fire to make a getaway that no one else can follow.... except here our suave protagonist can elude special branch by walking down an alley or politically out manoeuvre a top politician with a few few glib comments and a wry smile, whilst simultaneously failing to create a back story for himself, so the first time anyone says "what is it that you do" he has to come clean and admit "ah, you got me, yeah, I'm a spy".
I could see it was crap from the start and I'm now really annoyed that I didn't turn it off immediately.
If you haven't seen it already, watch Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy instead of this fake spy news. I mean most spy thrillers are far removed from reality and require the suspension of disbelief, but there's not 1 grain of realism here. Totally vapid.
This film is only one step removed from the realm of action adventure spy's who jump out of windows and dive through fire to make a getaway that no one else can follow.... except here our suave protagonist can elude special branch by walking down an alley or politically out manoeuvre a top politician with a few few glib comments and a wry smile, whilst simultaneously failing to create a back story for himself, so the first time anyone says "what is it that you do" he has to come clean and admit "ah, you got me, yeah, I'm a spy".
I could see it was crap from the start and I'm now really annoyed that I didn't turn it off immediately.
If you haven't seen it already, watch Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy instead of this fake spy news. I mean most spy thrillers are far removed from reality and require the suspension of disbelief, but there's not 1 grain of realism here. Totally vapid.