2011 · thriller · drama
Tinker Tailor (re-pass)
Directed by Tomas Alfredson2h 7m2011
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Our read: Tinker Tailor (re-pass) (2011) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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