A novel by John Le Carré sometimes fits perfectly, and it is one of the best reading plans In case you want to feel that you are fulfilling Book Day. But don’t feel guilty either, you can see some of the notable adaptations of his works that have been made, especially in recent years with something like ‘The Drum Girl’.
The miniseries are providing a good ground to explore all the intrigues and meticulous details of the spy genre that Le Carré, who were the perfect answer to glorious luxury from the adventures of James Bond. In things like ‘The Infiltrator’ he can show you the true tension and danger that can occur even in an idyllic location.
From the hotel to the weapons
Brought to the screen by Susanne Bier and available to view on Amazon Prime Video, this adaptation beautifully brings to life the explosive thriller and masked games found in Le Carré’s original story. It also offers the best opportunities to two formidable actors like Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie outside the comfort zones of their star characters, although the truth is that they are not the only ones standing out in a heart attack cast.
Hiddleston is a former British soldier turned hotel manager who suddenly notices a terrorist threat coming to his area. To neutralize it, the English intelligence services turn to him so that infiltrate the close circle of one of the worst men in the world, played by Laurie. One of the most powerful arms dealers whose clandestine business has countless layers that our hero is going to have to disassemble.
There is no shortage of explosive moments that many expect from a modern thriller, although it is not what takes up the most time in these little more than 5 and a half hours of adaptation, and it is not what has the most crumbs either. The rarefied atmosphere is one of the best achievements of Bier’s production, which provides the irrespirable tension that the assembly of smoke and mirrors can be disassembled at any moment.
‘The Infiltrator’: explosive tension
Takes us to beautiful locations, like Egypt, the Alps and some parts of Spain, but they are a powerful contrast to a business run in the shadows as well as tremendously volatile. Each episode, although long, provides a very adequate development of the story, although it cannot avoid falling into a certain confusion in the plot that is almost characteristic of the mysteries of Le Carré. It also provides chiaroscuro in the moral and ethical so that it is not so easy to fall into conclusions.
Hiddleston offers one of his best acting jobs, but the best, making this man a very effective chameleon so as not to lose his own neck. He makes good use of the reserved character and the ability to hide the cards from him. He provides us with someone interesting to follow this season, who looks like he won’t continue to be the only one. One of the best pure spy series that one can see.
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It’s great to see Tom Hiddleston is to star in another season based on John le Carré’s Night Manager. It’s also back in fashion in India but the reviews for that are mixed but that is a tad like the maestro himself. John le Carré’s novels are perfection yet in real life whilst David Cornwell was a great character and a brilliant writer, as a spy did he have more Achilles heels than toes? Did he really upset Field Marshall Montgomery’s cousin? Were Pemberton’s People in MI6 as depicted in The Burlington Files really friends or foes? Was he the perfect spy? What of his Dad’s links to the Krays? What were his links to Kim Philby? Did the SAS trust him? For more beguiling anecdotes best read a brief and intriguing News Article about Pemberton’s People in MI6 dated 31 October 2022 in TheBurlingtonFiles website and then read Beyond Enkription.
See https://theburlingtonfiles.org/news_2022.10.31.php.