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Title: Page Eight (TV Movie 2011)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bill Nighy | ... | Johnny Worricker | |
| Rachel Weisz | ... | Nancy Pierpan | |
| Tom Hughes | ... | Ralph Wilson | |
| Michael Gambon | ... | Benedict Baron | |
| Judy Davis | ... | Jill Tankard | |
| Rakhee Thakrar | ... | Muna Hammami | |
| Saskia Reeves | ... | Anthea Catcheside | |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | Rollo Maverley | |
| Felicity Jones | ... | Julianne Worricker | |
| Richard Lintern | ... | Max Vallance | |
| Holly Aird | ... | Anna Hervé | |
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Andrew Cleaver | ... | Brian Lord |
| Kate Burdette | ... | Allegra Betts | |
| Ralph Fiennes | ... | Alec Beasley | |
| Alice Krige | ... | Emma Baron | |
Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron (Sir Michael Gambon) dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbor and political activist Nancy Pierpan (Rachel Weisz) seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his identity to find out the truth. Set in London and Cambridge, this is a contemporary spy movie for the BBC, which addresses intelligence issues and moral dilemmas particular to the new century. Written by David Hare
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I'll assume you've read the plot summary, so I won't labour on explaining that. In a nutshell, Bill Nighy is playing an MI5 agent who's responsibility it is to uncover the deceit allegedly led by the British Prime Minister (Ralph Fiennes).
It opens with the quirky, upbeat jazz music and feels a bit 'Alfie-ish' as Nighy struts down the streets of London to his flat, and then we finally settle down into the story. The story is, and I hate to say it, a little thin around the edges and could do with a little more 'oomph' to get it those final couple of stars. If your expecting to see Nighy as the ass-kicking, hard-nut veteran version of James Bond then I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. This is about plot and character, not flamboyant action sequences. Speaking of character, there is plenty of that in this film; from Nighy himself to Ralph Fiennes and Michael Gambon- there are stars a plenty to keep the film alive, the acting is brilliantly good and there's a scene between Nighy and Fiennes which I particularly enjoyed, just simple dialogue between two great actors.
Yes it does feel a bit BBCish, but at the end of the day it is a BBC film so I can't really complain! So if you have an hour and 40 minutes to fill, I strongly recommend this film- it's mysterious (yet it probably could have been more so), fun (there are a handful of good laugh-provoking lines thrown in there), engaging and an all-round enjoyable watch. Enjoy.