A Most Wanted Man

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This is Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last complete film role and a fitting legacy to his unparalleled talents. Once again Hoffman totally absorbs himself into character, bringing to the screen a towering presence as one of John Le Carre’ most fascinating creations: the dishevelled, whisky-drinking, chain-smoking intelligence operative Gunter Bachmann. As Director Anton Corbijn eulogised “He was a giant of a man”.

When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg’s Islamic community, laying claim to his father’s ill-gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man’s true identity – oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist?

A Most Wanted Man is a contemporary, cerebral tale of intrigue, love, rivalry and politics that prickles with tension right through to its last heart-stopping scene.