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Our Kind of Traitor

  • 20162016
  • RR
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
22K
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Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris, and Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
A couple find themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.
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A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
22K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Susanna White
  • Writers
    • John le Carré(based on the novel by)
    • Hossein Amini
  • Stars
    • Carlos Acosta
    • Radivoje Bukvic
    • Stellan Skarsgård
Top credits
  • Director
    • Susanna White
  • Writers
    • John le Carré(based on the novel by)
    • Hossein Amini
  • Stars
    • Carlos Acosta
    • Radivoje Bukvic
    • Stellan Skarsgård
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 87User reviews
    • 193Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Videos15

    U.S. Trailer
    Trailer 2:21
    U.S. Trailer
    International Trailer
    Trailer 2:18
    International Trailer
    Three Of Us
    Clip 1:10
    Three Of Us
    Smuggle You Out
    Clip 1:16
    Smuggle You Out
    To This Man
    Clip 0:56
    To This Man
    Interrogation
    Clip 0:32
    Interrogation
    Rooftop
    Clip 2:06
    Rooftop
    Interrogation
    Clip 1:17
    Interrogation
    Escape
    Clip 1:33
    Escape
    Emirates
    Clip 1:38
    Emirates
    Dima And Perry Meet
    Clip 1:05
    Dima And Perry Meet
    Hangar
    Clip 1:07
    Hangar

    Photos54

    Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgård in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, and Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, and Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgård in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

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    Carlos Acosta
    Carlos Acosta
    • Ballet Danceras Ballet Dancer
    Radivoje Bukvic
    Radivoje Bukvic
    • Mishaas Misha
    • (as Rasha Bukvic)
    Stellan Skarsgård
    Stellan Skarsgård
    • Dimaas Dima
    Mariya Fomina
    Mariya Fomina
    • Annaas Anna
    • (as Maria Fomina)
    Dolya Gavanski
    Dolya Gavanski
    • Olgaas Olga
    Grigoriy Dobrygin
    Grigoriy Dobrygin
    • The Princeas The Prince
    Velibor Topic
    Velibor Topic
    • Emilio Del Oroas Emilio Del Oro
    Pawel Szajda
    Pawel Szajda
    • Blue Eyed Killeras Blue Eyed Killer
    Ewan McGregor
    Ewan McGregor
    • Perryas Perry
    Naomie Harris
    Naomie Harris
    • Gailas Gail
    Alec Utgoff
    Alec Utgoff
    • Nikias Niki
    Marek Oravec
    Marek Oravec
    • Andreias Andrei
    Mihhail Sibul
    • Cadaverous Bodyguardas Cadaverous Bodyguard
    Jana Pérez
    Jana Pérez
    • Mariaas Maria
    • (as Jana Perez)
    Tony Tennant
    • Tattooed Naked Manas Tattooed Naked Man
    Emanuel Brook
    • Alexeias Alexei
    • (as Emmanuel Brook)
    Matthew Brook
    • Viktoras Viktor
    Emily Beacock
    • Irinaas Irina
    • Director
      • Susanna White
    • Writers
      • John le Carré(based on the novel by)
      • Hossein Amini
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    • Trivia
      In an interview, director Susanna White said of Stellan Skarsgård's full frontal nude scene: "Stellan is very Scandinavian, nudity was not embarrassing for him in any way. We did that scene day two of working together and usually with nude scenes the wardrobe people rush in with towels to cover the actor up, but he didn't want it. I would go in and discuss the scene with him and he would be starkers."
    • Goofs
      On the way to the safe house, the Land Rover and the other SUV are driving on the wrong (left) side of the road. Switzerland as well as France are right hand traffic countries.
    • Quotes

      Dima: Give this to your MI6. Tell them you have a gift from the number one money launderer from the Russian mafia.

    • Connections
      Featured in Projector: Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Apache
      Written by Jerry Lordan (as Jerry Lordan)

      Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Francis Fay & Hunter Ltd.

      Performed by The Incredible Bongo Band (as Incredible Bongo Band)

      Licensed courtesy of Mr. Bongo Worldwide Ltd.

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    6/10
    "Our Kind of Traitor" is a satisfying, but unremarkable thriller.
    John le Carré does not exist. "John the Square" (as understood in French) is the pen name of British author David Cornwell. For those who don't know who he is, Cornwell is a former member of Great Britain's Security Service and, later, his country's Secret Intelligence Service (perhaps better known as MI5 and MI6, respectively). He left the spy game in 1964 to pursue his burgeoning career as a writer of espionage novels. Now, if none of this sounds familiar, maybe these titles will: "The Tailor of Panama", "The Constant Gardener", "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", "A Most Wanted Man". These are his novels which made it to the big screen just since the beginning of this century and have attracted the participation of actors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz (who won an Oscar for her efforts). Writing as le Carré, one of Cornwell's more recent novels to become a feature film is "Our Kind of Traitor" (R, 1:48), a story which continues the author's tradition of setting his roller-coaster-like plots against a backdrop of big ideas, but this one is set in a greater variety of international locations than usual and has narrative that's been described as somewhat Hitchcockian.

    Peregrine "Perry" Makepiece (Ewan McGregor) is a college professor whose marriage to successful attorney (barrister, to be specific), Gail Perkins (Naomie Harris) is going through a rough patch. He had recently slept with one of his students and he feels that his professional accomplishments are inferior to those of his wife. The couple takes a short vacation to Marrakesh, Morocco in an effort to put a spark back into their marriage. Instead, Perry ends up hanging out with a larger-than-life Russian man named Dima (Stellan Skarsgård) whom he meets in a local bar. In the space of just a couple days, Perry accepts Dima's generous but forceful invitations to drink together, to play tennis and to attend a couple parties. Gail joins Perry at the second party, but is unhappy about how it cuts into their alone time, and when Perry disappears for a while, Gail wonders what he's up to. Fortunately (and unfortunately) Perry is just talking privately with Dima, who reveals himself to be more than just a friendly Russian businessman.

    Dima tells Perry that he launders money for the Russian mob and is concerned that he is about to be asked to "resign" (which would mean that Dima's family would end up "resigning" with him). Before any of that can happen, Dima wants to defect to the UK. He asks Perry to deliver to MI6 a memory stick with the names of British officials being bribed by the Russians to grease the skids for a major banking deal. Dima hopes this information will be enough for MI6 to grant asylum to Dima and his family in exchange for further intel. Dima says that Perry is the only one he can trust, and Perry is just kind and honorable enough to want to help save Dima and his family. Perry is also pretty naïve, thinking that he can "just" give the files to MI6 and be done. Perry soon finds out differently, as does Gail who also gets roped in.

    An MI6 agent known as Hector (Damian Lewis) is keen to follow up on this lead, but it won't be easy. Hector's boss doesn't think there's enough to go on and thinks that Hector is motivated by revenge against a former supervisor (Jeremy Northam) who may be involved in the bribery scandal. So, Hector lies to his crew (and everyone else) about having permission to proceed and goes forward with his unauthorized operation – which involves civilians, no less. Hector establishes contact with Dima, but Dima refuses to deal with anyone but Perry. Thus, Perry and Gail head to Paris where they "accidentally" run into Dima, who is on his way to Switzerland to sign over to his new bosses the accounts that he manages. Then, as things get more dangerous, Perry and Gail get involved more and more deeply.

    "Our Kind of Traitor" is a satisfying, but unremarkable thriller. Some of the plot points seem highly implausible and others feel underwritten. The story is well-constructed, but the acting (except for Skarsgård's) is listless and the entire film suffers from a lack of tension. Cornwell / le Carré novels often suffer somewhat in the process of adapting them to the big screen, but this one is still worth a look. "B"
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    • Release date
      • May 13, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • United States
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor
    • Filming locations
      • Marrakech, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • StudioCanal
      • Film4
      • Anton
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,153,157
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $984,698
      • Jul 3, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,711,027
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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