Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
A spy thriller set in the bleak days of the Cold War sees Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy star in Thomas Alfredson’s film based on the novel by John le Carre. Oldman plays George Smiley, a retired MI6 officer who is brought in to uncover a Soviet Spy in MI6. And trust me; it won’t be who you think it is.
Having first been a BBC drama in the late seventies starring Sir Alec Guinness, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy works amazingly well on the big screen and sticks closely to le Carre’s novel.
Although the film is slow to start, covering the background of the operation leading to the discovery of a mole being present in MI6 and the links of the four main characters, what it delivers is a thriller which engages the viewer and has them guessing all the way through the film, determined to find out who the spy is.
The film sees Smiley (Oldman) try to sniff out who the mole is among the three other main characters, Haydon (Firth), Percy Alleline (Toby Jones) and Roy Bland (Ciaran Hinds). Together these characters are the Tinker, the Tailor, the Soldier and the Spy. But who is who?
The film features a great part played by Benedict Cumberbatch who plays Peter Guillam, Smiley’s right hand man, who risks everything including his job to unearth the mole. The viewer is on the edge of their seats to see if Guillam meets the same end as Ricki Tarr played by Tom Hardy.
A host of British talent crops up in the film including Kathy Burke and John Hurt. It is British cinema at its best. No special effects, no CGI and no 3D. What Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy proves as that a film as good as this with a strong plot line does not need any kind of added extras to make a film watchable, just good strong actors which this film as in abundance.
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