Verräter wie wir (2016)

Verräter wie wir: Directed by Susanna White. With Carlos Acosta, Radivoje Bukvic, Stellan Skarsgård, Mariya Fomina. 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.

“I usually love John Le Carreu0026#39;s books, but I didnu0026#39;t think much of Our Kind of Traitor at all. In fact it left me with almost no memory of the story except a vague outline, which was very handy when it came to watching the film. I enjoyed the screen version much more. The adaptation is good, the action was paced far better than the novel, and the acting was excellent. Stellan Skarsgaad was wonderful as Dima – he managed, I thought, to make the character sympathetic without ever losing his menace. Damian Lewis was also very good. I donu0026#39;t especially care for Ewan MacGregor, but I thought he did well in this. I had last seen Khalid Abdalla, who played Luke, in the role of an Islamic terrorist in u0026#39;Spooksu0026#39;, and I think Susanne White made an excellent choice of having him play an MI-6 officer; while I know nothing about who staffs what in Vauxhall Cross, I would imagine itu0026#39;s much more multi-ethnic than it used to be. Lastly, the little cameo by John Le Carre himself was a nice touch.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs to how close to the reality the story line is … I suspect much more so than many people might like to think!”