“You have to do something for me. I need you to assume they’re watching you.” This may sound like the paranoid rantings of a delusional person that we can dismiss as a lunatic, but this is the harsh truth of a spy constantly in the line of enemy fire.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy once a classic work of British espionage literature, has now been adapted into a motion picture.

Like the book, a semi-autobiographical account of John Le Carre’s life as a former MI6 member, this film sheds an explicit light on this seldom recognized personal aspect of homeland intelligence.

The film used a superb cast composed of high caliber English film characters.

This film is written by the late Bridget O’Connor and her husband Peter Straughan, with Swedish film director Thomas Alfredson.

Unfortunately, this film brings as immense amount of details rapidly presented require a great level of attention to be grasped because one may lose focus and will not follow the story.

Never the less, this is an alternate perspective completely different from the glamorized Jame’s Bond films that contain much less depth.

I would advise anyone to discover this literature classic in this new medium because of it’s challenging content unfamiliar to a general American audience.