Spooks: The Greater Good
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| Directed by | Bharat Nalluri |
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| Music by | Dominic Lewis |
| Cinematography | Hubert Taczanowski |
| Edited by | Jamie Pearson |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5.3 million |
Spooks: The Greater Good is a 2015 British spy film, continuing from the British spy series Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries), which aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2011. Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent wrote the script for the film, with Bharat Nalluri directing. Peter Firth reprises his role as Harry Pearce, who appeared in all ten series of the programme. Also returning from the TV series are Tim McInnerny as Oliver Mace, Lara Pulver as Erin Watts, Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones, and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Calum Reed. Kit Harington and Jennifer Ehle star as new characters in leading roles.
The film was released on 8 May 2015. Upon its release, the film received generally mixed reviews from critics. Alongside mixed critical reaction, the film was a box office bomb, grossing $4 million.
Set several years after the end of the TV series, Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) is still head of the counter-terrorism department (Section D) at MI5. Harry's team is transporting apprehended terrorist Adem Qasim (Elyes Gabel) through London when the convoy is attacked, allowing Qasim to escape and a CIA operative to be killed. MI5 is humiliated in the press, and relations between British and American intelligence agencies are frayed. Realising that the CIA will demand a scapegoat and that he is soon to be decommissioned from MI5, Harry seemingly commits suicide by jumping off Lambeth Bridge into the Thames.
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