![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Filmed with delicacy, and thanks to the great array of British actors, along with Oldman's always satisfactory presence, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy reminds us of the always challenging and audience-demanding, yet simultaneously rewarding and superbly written political intrigues of European cinema, from Bertolucci to Melville. Without being concerned about mainstream demands of pacing and plot evolvement, Tomas Alfredson adapts the classic Cold-War-based novel of John le Carré with impeccable precision. Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Violence) Undersecretary Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney) calls veteran agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) back from forced retirement to ferret out the mole and stop the flow of vital British secrets to the Russians. However, the mission goes wrong, and the general dies before he can reveal the information. In 1970s England the head of MI6, Control (John Hurt), dispatches an agent (Mark Strong) to meet with a Hungarian general who knows the identity of a Soviet spy in the organization's ranks. ![]()
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