Review of A Most Wanted Man (2014) by Reece L — 23 Aug 2015

Featuring a excellent performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman as a haggard, old-fashioned bureaucrat worn down by the failure associated with his career, A Most Wanted Man is a compellingly unfussy and stylish political thriller as well as a realistically de-glamorized portrayal of international espionage.

It will seem dry to some (the climax revolves around a man signing a contract), but for fans of the genre, it's a relatively solid and subdued take on spying that both refuses to vilify Islam as a whole and contains a nice final twist involving the US's tendency to take credit for international operations.