
MI5 personnel are caught up in a traffic jam in London while escorting the CIA's most wanted terrorist to an arranged CIA handover point, when he is suddenly rescued by armed men on motorbikes. Harry Pearce, the head of Counter-Terrorism at MI5 is blamed for the terrorist escaping. Especially as Harry disappeared shortly after the incident. An ex-agent, Will Holloway, and protégé of Harry's is recalled by MI5 to assist in finding and bringing Harry in. However Harry has dis... (Full plot summary below)
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MI5 personnel are caught up in a traffic jam in London while escorting the CIA's most wanted terrorist to an arranged CIA handover point, when he is suddenly rescued by armed men on motorbikes. Harry Pearce, the head of Counter-Terrorism at MI5 is blamed for the terrorist escaping. Especially as Harry disappeared shortly after the incident. An ex-agent, Will Holloway, and protégé of Harry's is recalled by MI5 to assist in finding and bringing Harry in. However Harry has disappeared for a reason. Certain that there is a traitor in a senior position in MI5, he enlists the somewhat reluctant Will to help him in uncovering the rat or rats concerned.
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| FILMINK (Australia)Thomas MundaySpooks: The Greater Good, though nothing entirely new, is a pacy, well-crafted spy-thriller that certainly matches the competition. |
| The Arts DeskAdam SweetingMaking the transition from long-arc TV series to 100-minute feature film is no simple matter, but they've accomplished it with some skill here. |
| Daily StarAndy LeaSmart, stylish, tense and reassuringly preposterous, it's a fitting addition to the series and a rollicking spy movie in its own right. |
| TheShiznit.co.ukMatt LookerThis tense, taut and intelligently plotted British thriller makes more generic instalments in the genre - like Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - seem like a dumb jock movie. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfNalluri confronts the familiarity of it all with commitment to speed and a general awareness that while his effort isn't going to look like a blockbuster, it can periodically play like one. |
| Movie TalkJason BestA solidly entertaining espionage thriller; not up there in the first rank of spy movies but a decent enough placeholder to keep fans of the genre happy until the next James Bond. |
| Observer (UK)Mark KermodeIt's nonsense, but there's fun to be had in the endless double-crosses, and fans of the TV show's trademark gruff face-offs won't feel disappointed. |
| Digital SpySimon ReynoldsFor fans after a nostalgic hit from a beloved TV show of yesteryear this will hit the mark, for the rest it could be a case of spy movie burnout. |
| VarietyGuy Lodge"Undone by sentimentality," grumbles a senior secret agent in "Spooks: The Greater Good," having been foiled when a long-favored rendezvous location proves a trap. He might as well be talking about the film itself. |
| The ListAngie ErrigoHonestly this is very enjoyable, but cinematically pedestrian, looking and feeling like a long TV episode. |