The lesser good

Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)

Directed by Bharat Nalluri this film based on the television show Spooks stars Peter Firth, Kit Harington, Elyes Gabel and Tuppence Middleton. During a prisoner transport operation MI5 lose a top priority terrorist suspect.

Essentially this is a modern, poor man's version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) with less brains and more action. The plot relentlessly hammers home the idea of a “tough man making hard decisions” as the only answer which is not really how the world works. Most of the performances and direction are alright but really there is not a lot to work with here.

2/5