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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60CineVueCineVueThe 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.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanA 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.
- 60Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonOverall, 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.
- 60Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithIt doesn’t exactly soar and the lack of levity grates, yet the Spooks movie still delivers some appealingly old-school mayhem.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungPairing 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.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawToo often it’s just silly.
- 40VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeBharat 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.
- 40Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonLed 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.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreStandard issue spy stuff, a surprise or two, a shootout or three. Nothing you should pay money to see in a theater.