While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple, Perry (Ewan McGregor) and Gail (Naomie Harris), befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima (Stellan Skarsgård), who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian mafia. When Dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the British Secret Services, Perry and Gail get caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics. The couple is propelled on a perilous journey through Paris and Bern, a safe house in the French Alps, to the murky corners of the City of London and an alliance with the British Government via a ruthless and determined MI6 agent (Damian Lewis).

MOVIE REVIEW

The John le Carré adaptation Our Kind of Traitor is not like 2011’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In other words, it isn’t slow, plodding or downright boring. The movie, which stars Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgaard, Naomie Harris and Damian Lewis, is an interesting, engaging and unpredictable thriller—though its story doesn’t ultimately amount to a whole lot.
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