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Our kind of traitor boasts a series of onscreen titles that signal a certain kind of thriller one that hops from moscow to marrakesh to. A professor drawn to the mob in our kind of traitor. Our kind of traitor touches on some hotbutton topics of political and financial deception, and may well suit the current mood at the arthouse. Oscarnominated production designer sarah greenwood. A british couple are lured into a complicated plot to help a russian mafioso defect to the u.

That unstable compound of clubbability and deceit belongs to him alone. Our kind of traitor is an entertaining but very lightweight espionage. And, this film, shot with stunning backdrops depicting russia, morocco, switzerland, france and england, has a lot of positive aspects to it. The movie adaptation, directed by susanna white and starring ewan mcgregor, naomie harris, stellan skarsgard and damian lewis, is a handsome and often absorbing picture.

The film premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival and was released in may 2016 by broad green pictures. What our educators say we are currently screening the wizard of oz, profound film that it is, and the last film walle. When straight arrow fbi agent roy clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former u. Although in many ways a very standard good old fashioned british spy drama it is john le carre after all, director susanna white does seem intent on trying to do as much with it as she possibly can. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Our kind of traitor on dvd october 18, 2016 starring ewan mcgregor, stellan skarsgard, damien lewis, naomie harris. Ewan mcgregor plays perry makepeace, a philandering university lecturer on holiday in morocco. Our kind of traitor official trailer starring ewan mcgregor. Jun 30, 2016 our kind of traitor boasts a series of onscreen titles that signal a certain kind of thriller one that hops from moscow to marrakesh to london to paris to bern to the french alps with. The film s writer hossein amini last wrote shanghai and the two faces of january. When dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the british secret services, perry and gail get. Not the kind of thing i normally care about in films, but its hard not to notice how aesthetically pleasing our kind of traitor is.

The narrative is far too compressed, the action scenes are substandard and the main antagonist the prince is completely underdeveloped and under. Principal photography began on 26 march 2014 and continued for ten weeks. Our kind of traitor is a 2016 british spy thriller film directed by susanna white and written by hossein amini, adapted from john le carre s novel of the same name. Our kind of traitor also has a couple lewd scenes the bedroom scene between the protagonist and his wife and the scene where perry stops the rapist, plus a mens locker room scene where dima and a couple other fellows are shown totally naked. Mcgregor also stars in don cheadles miles ahead opposite cheadle and zoe saldana. His handler is a british spy operating without authority on a shoestring budget. With hossein amini, simon cornwell, anthony dod mantle, gail egan.

But the message can become a bit of a stuck record. In our kind of traitor, ewan mcgregor plays a character named perry makepeace, whose moniker is only slightly more subtle than those of classic bond girls pussy galore, plenty otoole and. Carre generally avoids a lot of action, preferring to keep his spies stuck in the murkiness of the real world. Ewan mcgregor and naomie harris star as a british couple caught in the crossfire between. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.

Perry makepiece ewan mcgregor, an english tourist in marrakech, is in the wrong place at the right time, and is strongarmed into accepting an invitation to spend the night. The official facebook page for our kind of traitor. Jun 28, 2016 the story in our kind of traitor is fairly stock. A holidaymaking brit couple university professor perry. I will give our kind of traitor a marginal green rating because i enjoyed it, but i dont think its a great film. Dont sleep on our kind of traitor, though, because its based on a john le carre novel same name, which comes with the promise of a different kind of espionage. The high points in our kind of traitor are the struggling marriage between mcgregor and harris characters, as well as the budding, offbeat, and slightly dangerous. In fact, theres a little of the 1956 man who knew too much clinging to the edges. It should be expanded to provide more balanced coverage that includes realworld context. With carlos acosta, radivoje bukvic, stellan skarsgard, mariya fomina.

This is meatandpotatoes le carre given a generic spymovie treatment, but still it reels you in. The murder of a soviet defector forces his old handler, british spymaster george smiley, out of retirement. May 03, 2016 in our kind of traitor, ewan mcgregor plays a character named perry makepeace, whose moniker is only slightly more subtle than those of classic bond girls pussy galore, plenty otoole and. Our kind of traitor, published in 2010, is a novel by the british author john le carre, about a russian money launderer seeking to defect after his close friend is killed by his new superiors. Our kind of traitor relies on solid writing and acting rather than action to deliver its spymovie thrills and thankfully has the pedigree to pull it off on both fronts.

Our kind of traitor is my kind of movie fan fun with damian. Our kind of traitor relies on solid writing and acting rather than action to deliver its spymovie thrills and thankfully has the pedigree to pull it off. Games of trust and paranoia register clearly with the actor, who goes big but never unpleasantly so, singlehandedly maintaining energy levels as he explores a possibly lethal character. Which of course evokes the opening of dante s divine comedy, in which the protagonist, at middle age, finds himself lost in a forest. It begins with the depiction of an unusual ceremony, culminating in the bestowal of a pistol on someone we believe to be a lucky dealmaker. Our kind of traitor is also as much a study of a marriage in crisis as it is a conventional thriller. Everything you need to know about our kind of traitor movie. While on holiday in marrakech, an ordinary english couple, perry ewan mcgregor the impossible, the ghost and gail naomie harris spectre, southpaw, be. This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. The latest le carre adaptation features an innocent bystander sucked into a plot to bring down a shady business organisation which has links to selfinterested british power networks. A standard behindthescenes look at the production of the movie, with talking head comments from director susanna white, writer hossein amini, producers simon cornwell and gail egan, and stars ewan mcgregor, damian lewis, naomie harris, and stellan skarsgard. Our kind of traitor doubles down on this moral outrage in a coda showing perry walking against the human tide crossing the london bridge, an. A couple finds themselves lured into a russian oligarchs plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the russian mafia and the british secret service, neither of whom they can trust. By creating an account, you agree to the privacy policy and the terms and.

The high points in our kind of traitor are the struggling marriage between mcgregor and harris characters, as well as the budding, offbeat, and slightly dangerous friendship between perry and dima yet the movie slightly drops the ball when it eventually eases the danger between the two men. Apr 26, 2016 watch a film trailer for our kind of traitor, starring ewan mcgregor, damian lewis and stellan skarsgard. It was an exciting experience to see damian lewis for the first time on big. Ewan mcgregor and naomie harris star as perry and gail, a. While on holiday in marrakech, an ordinary english couple, perry ewan mcgregor and gail naomie harris, befriend a flamboyant and charism. The film plays on received ideas of contemporary russia as a. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.

Later in the movie a character speaks of a certain kind of espionage work as being for people disillusioned with their lives, who have lost their way giv ing them back a sense of purpose. Our kind of traitor 2016 r 108 min crime, drama, thriller. Starring ewan mcgregor, naomie harris, stellan skarsgard, damian lewis, jeremy northam, saskia reeves, grigoriy dobrygin. Our kind of traitor is my kind of movie fan fun with. It was an exciting experience to see damian lewis for the first time on big screen and i am happy to report i loved the movie. In british television director susanna whites coldwarrekindled thriller our kind of traitor, ewan mcgregor plays a character named perry makepeace, whose moniker is only slightly more subtle than those of classic bond girls pussy galore, plenty otoole and xenia onatopp. Its all fun and games until dima reveals himself to be a kingpin money launderer for. A look at the our kind of traitor behind the scenes crew and production team. The film s director susanna white last directed woman walks ahead and nanny mcphee returns. No moral relativist, hector indicts the moral and ethical failure of the british government to stem the tide of blood money and black profits into the nation in the films showstopping climactic speech. The pluses were a beautifully photographed first third, excellent performances by stellan skarsgard and damian lewis, and i will give our kind of traitor a marginal green rating because i enjoyed it, but i dont think its a great film. Our kind of traitor ewan mcgregor plays the jimmy stewartlike everyman in a globetrotting espionage thriller that puts an ordinary brit at the center of a highprofile defection. Perfectly good film almost scuppered by damien lewis doing a truly bizarre and out of place 1940s style english accent.

Initially our kind of traitor works well because you place yourself in perrys shoes, and you can completely invest in his situation, finding yourself agreeing with his choices, manipulated by. Our kind of traitor finally hit us theaters in limited release on july 1 and i was able to catch one of the first screenings in ny. With the spy genre in full resurgence, audiences may not be salivating for another entry. His investigation leads to an old nemesis, the soviet spymaster known only as karla. With a john le carre novel or film, you can expect a smart, tense story with some twists, a complicated rogue spy and an ordinary man caught in an extraordinary circumstance, and this film hits all of the notes. Our kind of traitor 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Its skarsgard who owns our kind of traitor, making dima seem larger than life but also vulnerable. Games of trust and paranoia register clearly with the actor, who goes big but never unpleasantly so, singlehandedly maintaining energy levels as he explores a. May 10, 2016 our kind of traitor is also as much a study of a marriage in crisis as it is a conventional thriller. Our kind of traitor is solid entertainment, but not by any stretch in the top entertainment category. Naomie harris is a critically acclaimed actress in film, television and theatre.

Our kind of traitor by john le carre is a novel about a russian moneylaunderer dima who seeks the help of a friendly british couple perry and gail when they meet on the island of antigua. Its been rewarding observing the ks1 6 year olds run the gamut of emotions from wonder to sadness to joy. The film premiered at the new york film festival and was released by sony pictures classics on april 1. The only feature of our kind of traitor which has any chance of leaving a lasting impression is the performances given by lewis and skarsgard. Our kind of traitor official trailer starring ewan.

For the most part, our kind of traitor is as straightforward as a proper spy thriller as opposed to a bondian action film with spies could probably manage to be. She first played moneypenny for director sam mendes in skyfall, which won the 20 bafta film award for outstanding. This is meatandpotatoes le carre given a generic spymovie treatment, but still it. Our kind of traitor quotes showing 16 of 6 it struck him as a bit unfair that, at the age of eight, he should have manifested the same sense of solitude that haunted him at fortythree. Most recently, harris reprised her role as miss moneypenny in spectre, the 24 th installment of the james bond franchise, opposite daniel craig, ralph fiennes and christoph waltz. This content will limit the movies appeal to a broader audience. Our kind of traitor is the story of english couple perry and gail, played by ewan mcgregor miles ahead, beginners and naomie harris spectre, 28 days later, who befriend a charismatic russian man named dima stellan skarsgard thor, nymphomaniac while on vacation in marrakech.