Cambridge Spies DVD

Advantages: Amazing acting, well filmed, brilliant lines
Disadvantages: First hour is a little slow

...hour each. Starting in Cambridge University, it follows the four characters before world war two and their bickering between the supporters of the British establishment, the communists and the Nazi supporters in the university itself. This first part is a little slow but helps develop the characters in your mind for the rest of the three hours. It picks up after the first hour and you understand how different the four are. Guy Burgess and Kim ...
...very quiet. Guy and Anthony are gay and Kim and Donald are straight. So you end up with a mix of personalities. The remaining three episodes are much quicker, following the four through their problems in world war two right through to the departure of most of them in the cold war. History shows that Kim Philby was thought to be good enough to be head of MI6 and this DVD dramatises the stresses and strains of being a double agent can have on a person. ... Read review