Leofwine_draca SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD is a big screen spin-off for the long-running British TV series about the adventures of agents working on behalf of MI-5. Peter Firth returns as the inimitable Harry and gets plenty of screen time, which fans will enjoy. The film also sticks closely to its small-screen origins and feels like an expanded TV episode throughout. Plot-wise, it's about the hunt for an Islamic terrorist played by the reliable Elyes Gabel, and similar to the Sean Bean flick CLEANSKIN, but better.The plot twists are surprising at times and the 'hunt the mole' plot is well-utilised. I'm a big fan of GAME OF THRONES, so seeing Kit Harington as the lead was fun for me, although slightly jarring what with him dressed in modern attire and all. Tuppence Middleton is also less irritating than she was in the ill-advised LADY VANISHES remake. Overall, I enjoyed this film, although I'll readily admit that it's no classic.

SnoopyStyle Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) is the head of the counter-terrorism department in MI-5. His group is transporting terrorist Adem Qasim (Elyes Gabel) to the CIA when they are caught in a traffic jam. Motorcyclists ride up and force Pearce to release Qasim. Pearce disappears and Will Holloway (Kit Harington) is recalled from Moscow to find him. Pearce reveals to Holloway that he suspects someone higher up helped Qasim escape and is trying to bring down MI-5.This is a movie sequel to a BBC TV series. It struggles to fill the big screen with some action pieces but it is a TV movie at its heart. There is simple writing that is more aligned with simplistic pulpy espionage fare. Peter Firth reprises his role and he looks comfortable in it. Kit Harington brings his matinée good looks. For fans of the TV series, this would be a good watch. I only saw a few series 1 episodes and this would be fine as an hour-long TV episode.

gradyharp Indian director Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Tsunami: The Aftermath, The Crow: Salvation, and episodes of the original television version of MI5 from which this film is adapted) has created a fine 'extended version' of the MI-5 series as written by Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent, and David Wolstencroft. One of the reasons the film works well is the competent set of actors who manage to make this rather meandering story hold together and offer enough back stories of each character to make them credible.When a terrorist (Elyes Gabel) escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway (Kit Harrington) must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London. Or to be more precise, MI5 personnel are caught up in a traffic jam in London while escorting the CIA's most wanted terrorist to an arranged CIA handover point, when he is suddenly rescued by armed men on motorbikes. Harry Pearce, the head of Counter-Terrorism at MI5 is blamed for the terrorist escaping. Especially as Harry disappeared shortly after the incident. An ex-agent, Will Holloway, and protégé of Harry's is recalled by MI5 to assist in finding and bringing Harry in. However Harry has disappeared for a reason. Certain that there is a traitor in a senior position in MI5, he enlists the somewhat reluctant Will to help him in uncovering the rat or rats concerned.The action is fast and hard and very cleverly captured by cinematographer Hubert Yaczanowski. The large cast of characters includes Larissa Kouznetsova, Laura Pulver, Tim McInnerny, Jennifer Ehle, David Harewood, Tuppence Middleton, and the above mentioned Kit Harrington, Elyes Gable, and Peter Firth. For the popular idiom of spy thrillers this film stands its own – and is much better than many of the same genre.

muhammedamelgammal So this movie was goo, but it could have been better. For movies that have to do with spy organizations, there is so much that could be done with it but many of the movie makers tend to stick with similar generic stories. There really is not any originality to it that way, and it becomes repetitive.The thing that was most interesting with this is it leads a person to believe who the inside man betrayer is, but then it throws you off and leads you to the next agent. There was a MI-5 convoy that was taken down while transporting a highly classified wanted man. It was a set up to make the MI-5 look weak so that it would be dismantled and handed over to the C.I.A.So this movie was going back and forth leading to the potential snake in the group. It was to the point where lies could not be separated from the truth.