
The Amateur(2025)
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.


During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually uncovers a deadly conspiracy.

Peter Firth
Harry Pearce

Kit Harington
Will Holloway

Elyes Gabel
Adem Qasim

Jennifer Ehle
Geraldine Maltby

Tim McInnerny
Oliver Mace

Tuppence Middleton
June Keaton

Eleanor Matsuura
Hannah Santo

David Harewood
Francis Warrender

Lara Pulver
Erin Watts

Hugh Simon
Malcolm Wynn-Jones
Spooks: The Greater Good is a thriller, action film released in 2015 exploring themes of corruption, escape, police, explosive, kidnapping, flashback. Directed by Bharat Nalluri, it stars Peter Firth, Kit Harington, Elyes Gabel. During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually uncovers a deadly conspiracy.
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