Our Kind Of Traitor (2016)

While on vacation with his wife (Naomie Harris) in Morocco, a professor of poetry (Ewan McGregor) at a London University meets a Russian (Stellan Skarsgard) who asks him for his help. But what seems like an act of kindness soon turns into a political firecracker that has the potential to bring down some high ranking members of the British government. Based on the novel by John Le Carre (THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD) and directed by Susanna White (NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG). This is the kind of spy thriller where people do stupid things because ..... well, if they didn't, there would be no movie. If you can deal with that, then you should find a thriller that slowly builds to a strong climax with a satisfying coda. This is John Le Carre territory so there's not much action but lots of quiet intensity. The acting is first rate particularly Skarsgard's accountant for the Russian mafia. I quite liked it. There's a strong score by Marcelo Zarves that propels the movie along. With Damian Lewis, Jeremy Northam and Khalid Abdalla.