sunbeambordercollie
Fell asleep after 1/2 hour. Unlikely opening premise (would YOU go to a excessive party by that guy after knowing him a few minutes?) and zero action. This is supposed to be a thriller? Bah.
silumgard
Had the DVD, but never intended to watch this movie because of some of the mob reviews/parental remarks here. Gave it a chance anyways late one night out of desperation.Even the beginning scenes drew me in. What is this all about? As more of the mafia elements started to unravel, I knew then that I was hooked. The acting was not bad. The cinematography (as stated by another reviewer) was interesting. As the story progressed, I noticed that I kept wanting to see more of the drama unfold. This was definitely a good break from the cliché action & remakes that's common nowadays. Many scenes here can make you angry, but they seem necessary for the background of the story. There were times you wanted Obi Wan Kenobi to pull out a light saber, but, this story teaches, that even the average human being, can sometimes do questionable actions.
swjg
Based on the John LeCarre novel and co-scripted by him.I always felt LeCarre had lost his way a bit after the whole Circus and Smiley's people thing. But this modern look at the Russian Mafia / oligarch scene is worth the price of admission. By no means a summer BLOCKBUSTER but a good tale well told with great photography and a well acted script.And the usual LeCarre twist at the end...
adonis98-743-186503
A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust. Although Stellan Skarsgård was good just like some other people said in their reviews the film is just very disappointed and Ewan McGregor who is a pretty good actor felt very weak and useless in the whole movie. And i even felt pretty hard to connect with the overall story it sounds like a pretty decent plot to say the least but the film is still very disappointing, slowly paced with boring conversations and a very thin plot for the audience to follow (5/10)