Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy : Gary Oldman in his Prime!!!

"There's a mole, right at the top of the Circus. And he's been there for years." If you get your kicks out of Bond or Bourne, then be prepared for the less athletic, unsexy world of real espionage as George Smiley returns from retirement in British intelligence, or the "Circus" as it's called, to find the Russian defector in its highest ranks.You're right there in the early '70's, not computer driven and considerably less frenetic than intelligence work depicted in cinema today. But that grey cinematography and drab operatives may come closer to the minimalist reality of plodding intelligence work than the gadgets and gymnastics of contemporary cinema's takes on spies. Based on the John le Carré novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is an engaging film about intelligence for intellectuals-slow, serious, and more like chess between Holmes and Moriarity than banter between Bond and Goldfinger. Certainly don't expect a Bond babe like Pussy Galore. Oh, there's blood alright but at a British reserve amount yet always a reasonable circumstance from the first shooting in a café to a final rifle shot. It's more like a fox hunt where the trappings and the talk eclipse the final take of animal and movie. It's mood and intellect, not to American taste, Old Chap.

Just watching Gary Oldman and his trenchcoated brethren march down the damp, ill-lit streets of Cold War London is enough to make you shiver. A must watch for all the Spy fans.

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