60
Total Film by Neil Smith
It doesn’t exactly soar and the lack of levity grates, yet the Spooks movie still delivers some appealingly old-school mayhem.
Spooks: The Greater Good
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- United Kingdom
- 2015
- · 104m
Director
Bharat Nalluri
Cast
Peter Firth,
Kit Harington,
Elyes Gabel,
Jennifer Ehle,
Tim McInnerny,
Tuppence Middleton
Genre
Thriller,
Action
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually uncovers a deadly conspiracy.
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What are critics saying?
60
Time Out London by Trevor Johnston
Overall, excitement levels are moderate. But even if the film can’t match Hollywood for spectacle, there’s a sobering sense of the painful sacrifices and compromises facing those who toil in secret to keep us safe from harm.
60
Empire by Kim Newman
A decent, mid-list spy thriller, suspended somewhere between le Carré and Bond but with a budgetary austerity in keeping with UK government spending cuts that keeps it out of the real high-stakes game.
60
CineVue
The aesthetic, tone and performances result in a package that sits alongside similar Hollywood fare comfortably. However, in an industry that demands even the most famous spies to try something different, Nalluri's film never stands out.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young
Pairing another Firth (no relation) with crackerjack newcomer Taron Edgerton, Kingsman's fizzingly droll chutzpah can't help but make Spooks: The Greater Good, for all Peter Firth's ballast, seem dowdily old-school in comparison.
40
Village Voice by Chuck Wilson
Led by the honorably dour Firth and the charisma-free Harington, MI-5 is convoluted and dull, though Harry's revenge against that dastardly mole is pleasingly diabolical. But it's too little too late.
40
Variety by Guy Lodge
Bharat Nalluri’s chrome-colored thriller plays less as an organic extension of the series’ universe than an all-purpose genre piece nominally tailored to fit the “Spooks” franchise — not to mention the star quality of previously unaffiliated leading man Kit Harington.
40
The Telegraph by Tim Robey
As a film, it feels like a bunch of people pretending to be in a film. As a continuation of the show’s faintly ridiculous appeal, it has enjoyable moments.
40
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Too often it’s just silly.
38
Movie Nation by Roger Moore
Standard issue spy stuff, a surprise or two, a shootout or three. Nothing you should pay money to see in a theater.
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