Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (*** out of ****)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a great spy thriller. It is smart, brave, artistically pleasant, well acted and just the right bit of cool. Yes it's a tad confusing at parts due to a heavy subject but the end goal is clear. The film is quite the great feature to actually engage the mind.

George Smily (A commanding Gary Oldman) is charged with hunting down a soviet mole in a spy agency ing England. It is one of four men. George assembles his team and looks for clues on who is the traitor. This requires sneaking around those who are suppose to be your friends and taking in a rouge agent (Tom Hardy).

The film is well crafted and very precise in its subject matter. It has strong supporting casted which welcomed with the contributions of Colin Firth, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, Christian McKay and Ciaran Hinds. Sorry for so many name drops but they are all great in the film. The film is a duel of sorts. Smily says at one point he is "always looking for the weakness in others". These men can not trust each other with secrets in their heart and minds. These secrets would cast suspicion and in some cases death. You must be carful exactly what one says. Once again the film is very heavy in material so that you bet left confused once in a while. However don't let that stop you from watch a first rate spy thriller.

*** out of ****