Our Kind of Traitor

Not bad performances but a silly plot full of holes and lack of logic. So many to list but as an example, the British secret agents spirit the family to a safe secret remote location but don't destroy or even confiscate mobile phones. The Russian killer takes his shirt off in the first to kill the traitor. OMG. That said, some good locations and sets.

This was very disappointing .Very poor for a Le Carre adaption. Basically it comes over as hackneyed and turgid. We have seen it all before in mediocre thrillers . The scenes at the chalet in particular very corny. Mediocre script . No depth. Predictable. This certainly ain't Smileys people.or the Night Manager. Maybe Le Carre just wanted the cash.

Is Stellan Skarsgård secretly the host of YouTube's _Hydraulic Press Channel?_ Sure sounds like him, especially whenever his character enthusiastically exclaims, "WTF!" 😀 His scenery-chewing Russian mobster w/ a heart of gold essentially takes his roles from the Marvel Avengers films and _In Order of Disappearance_ and turns them up to eleven. Some thoughtful casting here, especially Damian Lewis in light of his _Homeland_ series role. Never been a big fan of Ewan MacGregor - I can't surrender to the storytelling "reality" of his character for very long before being yanked back to "here's a hard-working actor putting his best effort into the scene." Not a great film, but a nice little spy flick for home viewing.

This is a typical sort of non-action British spy-craft kind of thing. The main character is an Everyman thrown into things and speaks a message of people just doing the right thing can change the world for the better, and echos the adage that for evil to prevail all that is needed is for good people to do nothing. The acting is good, as is the directing and pacing. What lost a star for me was that the plot is a bit hard to follow. I've seen recent action movies where the plot is ignored with the idea that it's just action happening according to some formula the viewers already know. For this kind of non-action movie, the plot is rather more important. It wasn't _bad_ mind you, just wasn't up to the normal standards for this kind of thing. I suppose the book was more complex in this regard.

I always turn the movie off exactly at the point that they kill a dog just so I create a data point for the platform. What's the kill the dog, I stop the movie. By the way, Ditma, the main Russian character dies in the end along with his whole family.

I Think is wrong, in europe we drive night not left. As They drive do the safehouse the Used the left side, that is the one thing i realy disliked in the movie.

The location shots were nice and I took a tour of Europe with this movie. Not a good adaption of this book I would think. Two goofs...McGregor never shot a weapon yet he kills the guy with his one shot. The Russian find out where the traitor is hiding yet they send only 3, THREE people to capture them. I'd send at least a dozen. Another film that you can skip.