Movie: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Genre: spy drama
Synopsis: This takes place during the 1970’s at the height of the cold war. The movie opens with a botched operation in Prague. The fallout results in Control (William Hurt) being removed as head of MI-6. A senior operative, George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is also forced into retirement. It turns out that Control had been convinced that there was a mole in MI-6. Smiley is brought back in to try and if there is a mole – and to uncover him if there is. Control had narrowed the list of suspects to three operatives, code named Tinker, Tailor and Soldier (played by Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds and Colin Firth – not necessarily respectively). Now Smiley has to devise a way to verify the existence of the mole – and find him.
My two cents: I loved this movie. It was suspenseful and riveting – without a lot of action. It was more like watching a chess game. Gary Oldman was great as George Smiley. He often said little – but it was clear his brain was working a mile a minute. Just looking at him, you knew he had a formidable intellect. If you like spy movies – especially the cerebral type – don’t pass up this movie.
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