A Most Wanted Man is a dark brooding (way
too brooding) adaption of a John LeCarre novel. Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin)
is escaping the war in Chechenya and the horrors inflicted by the Russians –
including his own father – and immigration lawyer Annabel
Richter (Rachel McAdams) becomes a source of hope for him, in seeking asylum in Germany. Anti
espionage agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is looking at
extracting information – and an amicable solution to the plight of Grigoriy –
but is that likely to happen? Ponder over that along with the chain-smoking
Gunther, slowly and laboriously, as the answer indeed shall come to
pass. Marketed as a thriller but clearly a drama at heart, A Most Wanted Man is
one for the diehard spy whodunit aficionados
12.5/20
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