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- BBC America
- Oct 5, 2014
- BBC America
- Oct 5, 2014
Summary MI5 sets up a secret committee to investigate whether people are sleper agents for the soviets in this six-part British miniseries written by Toby Whithouse.
Created By: Toby Whithouse
- BBC America
- Oct 5, 2014
- BBC America
- Oct 5, 2014
Summary MI5 sets up a secret committee to investigate whether people are sleper agents for the soviets in this six-part British miniseries written by Toby Whithouse.
Created By: Toby Whithouse
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
78
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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The Game is next-level entertainment, courtesy of smart scripts and a cast of finely drawn characters.
Brooding in tone yet laced with mordant wit and tinged with sinister inference, The Game keeps us wondering what the Russian sleepers' end game might be. Having seen only the first half of the series in advance, I can only say that unraveling that mystery is so far darkly compelling fun.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
7.6
79% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
7.6
79% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
10% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
10% Negative
3 Ratings
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Not quite TTSS but a pretty solid and entertaining romp. Main query is with the ludicrously minimal cast of MI5 - apparently the team handling GB's biggest Cold War threat ever (at least attending the meetings) is a mere 5 officers: 2 seniors, 2 operational and a tech guy. Bonkers!!
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SEASON 1
A paranoid rich cold war 'spook' drama.
I would like to point out that the opening/closing music is VERY reminiscent of the late 1970s Yorkshire Television series The Sandbaggers. In fact I would almost think the music WAS written by Roy Budd from that excellent series. I do not believe this is coincidental but would suggest the current composer was influenced by that very series. Yes, I accept that the dulcimer has Eastern European roots and provides the right atmosphere, but the overall structure is too close - even at half the tempo speed of the Sandbaggers and with the unresolved ending too...
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SEASON 1
It's about characters and their slow unraveling along with the mystery at hand. Whithouse has assembled a superb cast of relative unknowns who support the main Hughes-Cox tandem and add layers (mother Hester, for example).
The Game is wonderfully atmospheric, stylish, and sexy. But it's a most un-Bond-like yarn. It is totally grounded in the reality of the era.
The first episode offers more than enough intrigue to hook fans of spy thrillers, even if some of the elements are eye-rollingly familiar.
Plenty of twisty plotting, grim atmosphere and MI5 staff with a rich variety of psychological afflictions, in six parts.
The Game struggles to stake out new territory for the genre, but it nonetheless emerges as an absorbing portrait of internecine squabbles during an ostensible Cold War thaw.
Deliberately paced, excellent acting, fine plot and, the inevitable twist...I lived in GB through the cold war - the scene/setting is brilliantly reconstructed - hats of to the BBC for another fine production.
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SEASON 1
My initial reaction to the first half-hour of the first show of this season was disinterest. I wasn't finding the actors particularly interesting and the plot seemed very old fashioned. I stuck it out though and now I am deeply into the show and very much enjoying it. What changed my mind? As the story developed, I began to see the direction and convolutions of the plot and it grabbed my interest. I feel confident that the rest of the show will keep my interest.
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SEASON 1
Disappointing because it could have been so much better- a nice little LeCarre homage rather than LeCarre-extra light. The acting, characters, dialogue, office intrigues, and atmosphere are very good, but the plot is ludicrous and the- dare I say- tradecraft of the British is nonexistent, they come across as complete bumblers.
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SEASON 1
Perhaps this reviewed is skewed since I grew up during the Cold War, but although the filming, acting, and atmosphere are spot on, there are inexplicable discrepancies in the plot that simply make no sense. Also, the writers have thrown historical accuracy to the wind, and the story takes on a "Twilight Zone," science fiction tone. If I provide exact examples, I will spoil the show for those viewers who simply desire snappy entertainment. Thus, I will show restraint. The Game could have been a TV LeCarre, but alas, it is more pop then intrigue.
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