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Dec 4, 2015 · MI-5 (Spooks: The Greater Good) is a stylish, albeit rather perfunctory, adaptation of a spy thriller perhaps best left on the small screen. Read Critics Reviews
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- Bharat Nalluri
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- Peter Firth
- SPY GAME OF THRONES.
- Verdict
By Leigh Singer
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 6:59 pm
Posted: May 6, 2015 9:00 am
“MI-5 – not 9-to-5” was the nifty tagline appended to BBC spy series Spooks when it emerged in 2002. It served notice that this wasn't going to be a routine show, and, like the US’s 24, ushered in a rougher, more morally compromised type of post-911 spy drama.
Over 10 years the show, centred around the UK’s domestic security intelligence agency (as opposed to MI-6’s international branch), quickly gained a reputation for fast-paced, slick yet gritty storylines, populated by a revolving cast of conflicted characters who, in what became the show’s trademark, were regularly and unceremoniously bumped off – as established in its second-ever episode, when a supposed lead, played by a rising British TV actress, was thrust face-first into a deep-fat fryer.
Since then, numerous cast members including David Oyelowo (Selma’s Martin Luther King) and The Hobbit’s Richard Armitage met untimely, often gruesome ends. It became the series’ USP, one that, without giving away specifics, they gleefully continue in the movie adaptation. I guess every national institution should observe its traditions.
Competent, watchable and the slick/gritty aesthetics and ethically murky dilemmas from the TV series are honoured. But contrary to the original series tagline, this MI-5 is a bit too 9-to-5: far too routine and neither big nor smart enough to justify its big screen incarnation, particularly set against such fierce competition. It’s hard to picture ...
Apr 29, 2015 · One decent corridor fight scene and a bit involving motorbikes aside, The Greater Good is a surprisingly modest affair, and often feels like two episodes of the TV show strapped together...
May 11, 2015 · Movies. Movie Reviews. ‘Spooks: The Greater Good’: Film Review. Peter Firth and 'Game of Thrones' alumnus Kit Harington star in Bharat Nalluri's espionage thriller, a spin-off from the...
Apr 16, 2014 · Read the Empire Movie review of Spooks: The Greater Good. A decent, mid-list spy thriller, suspended somewhere between le Carré and Bond but with a budgetary...
May 8, 2015 · Spooks: The Greater Good, movie review: Kit Harington and Peter Firth leap to the big screen at a ripping pace. (15) Bharat Nalluri, 104 mins. Starring: Kit Harington, Peter Firth,...
Apr 29, 2015 · Reviews. 'Spooks: The Greater Good': Review. By Fionnuala Halligan, Chief Film Critic 29 April 2015. Dir Bharat Nalluri, UK, 2105, 102 mins. From James Bond to George Smiley,...
