Our Kind Of Traitor

I haven't read this particular le Carre novel but it belongs to his post Cold War oeuvre, a category I find less satisfactory than the classic Smiley texts. But, no matter, the filmed version is effectively done and hammers home the author's disdain for the English governing class.

The title might be taken to refer to the Russian money-launderer who betrays his overlord but can also be taken to refer to the largely unseen British politician who endorses the scam. In the new world order that le Carre so despises such men have become our kinds of traitor. Ewan McGregor is good as the English academic sucked into the murky world of intelligence but the film belongs to Stellan Scarsgard as the charming and vulgar Russian traitor. 6.5/10.