An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
Acting
Oyelowo's simmering desperation against institutional brick walls
Writing
Kafkaesque dialogue that makes HR paperwork feel lethal
Director
Niall MacCormick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Channel 4's 'Complicit Season' examining British intelligence failures post-7/7, with advisors from actual ex-MI5 officers who apparently found it 'depressingly accurate.'
The film's interrogation of 'complicity' deliberately echoes the 2003 Iraq War intelligence failures—director MacCormick cited the Hutton Inquiry transcripts as direct inspiration for the boardroom scenes.
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