Spooks: The Greater Good First Trailer Sneaks Out
...the greater good.
It isn’t just the village of Sanford concerned with the possible implications of doing a Spock and putting the needs of the many before the needs of the few – it’s also the tricky conundrum at the heart of Spooks: The Greater Good - which has just sneaked a trailer out on an unsuspecting internet.
Mixing up some of the classic formula of the beloved TV series which ran from 2002 – 2011 with headline grabbing currency, the film sees Will Holloway, played by Kit Harrington (who knows nothing of course) and veteran Harry Pearce, played by Peter Firth, working together to stop a terrorist threat in the form of the magnetic and calculating Adam Qasim, played by Elyes Gabel.
When Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a high profile handover, the legendary Harry Pearce Head of Counter-terrorism, is blamed. Disgraced and forced to resign, no-one’s surprised when Harry disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames…
With MI5 on its knees in the wake of the Qasim debacle and facing controversial reform, former agent Will Holloway is brought back from Moscow to uncover the truth they feared – Harry’s still alive. He’s gone rogue, and needs Will’s help.
As Qasim prepares his devastating attack on the heart of MI5 in London, Will must decide whether to turn Harry in - or risk everything by trusting the damaged, dangerous master spy who has already betrayed him once before…
So who can Harry and Will trust in their bid to prevent the escaped Qasim carry out an atrocity in London? Can they even trust each other? Surely they can trust Tuppence Middleton’s MI5 field agent? Can anyone trust anyone again? Can they?
Directed by returning TV series director Bharat Nalluri, Spooks: The Greater Good gets its UK release on May 8, with Jennifer Ehle, Elyes Gabel, David Harewood and Tim McInnerny also aboard.