Our Kind of Traitor
A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.
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- Cast:
- Ewan McGregor , Stellan Skarsgård , Damian Lewis , Naomie Harris , Jeremy Northam , Khalid Abdalla , Mark Gatiss
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Reviews
Sadly Over-hyped
This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Very good entertainment. Recommend it for a Friday evening. Good actors, good trama.
Absolutely terrible film, wooden acting & even worse plot....avoid
Had the DVD, but never intended to watch this movie because of some of the mob reviews/parental remarks here. Gave it a chance anyways late one night out of desperation.Even the beginning scenes drew me in. What is this all about? As more of the mafia elements started to unravel, I knew then that I was hooked. The acting was not bad. The cinematography (as stated by another reviewer) was interesting. As the story progressed, I noticed that I kept wanting to see more of the drama unfold. This was definitely a good break from the cliché action & remakes that's common nowadays. Many scenes here can make you angry, but they seem necessary for the background of the story. There were times you wanted Obi Wan Kenobi to pull out a light saber, but, this story teaches, that even the average human being, can sometimes do questionable actions.
Awful movie, painful to watch. Hardly any resemblance to LeCarre's splendid book. In fact, IMO, the only decent movie that's been made from a LeCarre novel was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Alec Guinness. The others were overly violent in a bid to attract the youth audience and insufficiently political.If you think that LeCarre's story is not relevant, may I remind you that at this moment we are very close to engaging in a cold war with Russia again. All it takes is one foolish word from either Trump or Putin and we will be right back where we were 50 years ago.I don't think the world of international spying is kaput. With modern technology, spying is ubiquitous.