MI-5
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: December 4, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiDec 4, 2015
The cast and crew work like a well-oiled machine, delivering the quality drama we've come to expect from British TV imports. Read full review
67
The PlaylistGary GarrisonDec 3, 2015
MI-5 is no action b-movie classic, but it manages to weave a complex and compelling narrative knot, mix in some absorbing musings about the nature of doing right and following orders, and pack in some nail-biting shoot outs. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireDec 4, 2015
An action espionage tale vaguely in the Jason Bourne mold, MI-5 does indeed play like a TV spin-off, but one in which the filmmakers said to their team, “Listen up, all! We’re now doing the cinema version. What can we do to make it cinematic?” Read full review
60
CineVueJames LuxfordNov 30, 2015
The aesthetic, tone and performances result in a package that sits alongside similar Hollywood fare comfortably. However, in an industry that demands even the most famous spies to try something different, Nalluri's film never stands out. Read full review
60
EmpireKim NewmanNov 30, 2015
A decent, mid-list spy thriller, suspended somewhere between le Carré and Bond but with a budgetary austerity in keeping with UK government spending cuts that keeps it out of the real high-stakes game. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonNov 30, 2015
Overall, excitement levels are moderate. But even if the film can’t match Hollywood for spectacle, there’s a sobering sense of the painful sacrifices and compromises facing those who toil in secret to keep us safe from harm. Read full review
60
Total FilmNeil SmithNov 30, 2015
It doesn’t exactly soar and the lack of levity grates, yet the Spooks movie still delivers some appealingly old-school mayhem. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungNov 30, 2015
Pairing another Firth (no relation) with crackerjack newcomer Taron Edgerton, Kingsman's fizzingly droll chutzpah can't help but make Spooks: The Greater Good, for all Peter Firth's ballast, seem dowdily old-school in comparison. Read full review
40
Village VoiceChuck WilsonDec 1, 2015
Led by the honorably dour Firth and the charisma-free Harington, MI-5 is convoluted and dull, though Harry's revenge against that dastardly mole is pleasingly diabolical. But it's too little too late. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 30, 2015
Too often it’s just silly. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyNov 30, 2015
As a film, it feels like a bunch of people pretending to be in a film. As a continuation of the show’s faintly ridiculous appeal, it has enjoyable moments. Read full review
40
VarietyGuy LodgeNov 30, 2015
Bharat Nalluri’s chrome-colored thriller plays less as an organic extension of the series’ universe than an all-purpose genre piece nominally tailored to fit the “Spooks” franchise — not to mention the star quality of previously unaffiliated leading man Kit Harington. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 2, 2015
Standard issue spy stuff, a surprise or two, a shootout or three. Nothing you should pay money to see in a theater. Read full review
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