good actors who had NO scenes of any length, i.e. Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth. They obviously were cast for their names and reps, a very strange ploy.
This is a bloodless film, artistically and emotionally, and that's not good in a spy genre effort. It has little in the way of suspense, little to interest the viewer in solving the puzzle of the mole's identity. A young, hitherto unknown hunky actor has long scenes that haven't much to do in furthering the plot; is he involved with someone or is he a studio "push?"
Still, it's worth the visit to a theater; it won't insult your intelligence and there are NO Fx, chases, or fights.
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