Our kind of adaptation

Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

Directed by Susanna White this film based on the novel of the same name stars Ewan McGregor, Maomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Damian Lewis. A British couple on holiday in Morocco meet a Russian money launderer who seeks their help to defect to the UK.

Sticking largely to it's source material this may not be the best John le Carre adaptation but it is still of a decent standard. The plot does a good job of looking at the intersection between criminal and espionage but unfortunately the film always feels like an abridged version of a deeper source material. Apart from being a little on the short side this is a well made film even if it falls short of some of it's siblings.

4/5