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Promising at the start but disappointing towards the end
So who was Salt?
I just realized what a bad movie this was
Very amateurish, imitating Alias
Where did Rose go and what did she do afterward?
Operation Witchcraft is unconvincing
What was the final price for the case?
Who kept Neil's money?
Did working for Muir make Tom a CIA agent?
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I think this aspect is the biggest plot hole in the film.
I agree. John le Carre's Night Manager was made into a drama series with contemporary issues like arms dealers, but my feeling was that it was awkward. I prefer le Carre to stick with the bygone days. The time period covered in TTSP is perfect. Any period after that is awkward, like the Tailor of Panama. You watch TTSP not to look for excitement or entertainment, but to taste the old British culture where gentlemen carried umbrellas and drank tea.
Your plight is understandable. When I first watched the BBC version on DVD's, it had a list of characters and tradecraft terms like scalp hunters. I think that John le Carre expects too much from his readers. If the readers or the viewers can't keep track of all the names, they won't be able to follow the story. Also, le Carre uses too many unfamiliar tradecraft terms, like the Russian Rules in Smiley's People. The same difficulty appears in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The viewers are informed only at the end of the film that everything was orchestrated to protect the double agent in Berlin. The only way of making le Carre's stories comprehensible in films is to reduce the number of characters and simply the storyline.
That is a hole in the plot. If anyone could carry the price of the box in one briefcase, it can't be that much.
Obviously, he was a spook like Sam. That's the whole idea of the concept of the Ronin. They are supposed to be honorable men who suffered the shame of treachery, became thieves, and hired hands until they exact their vengeance. How else would Vincent know the secluded samurai model maker and ask him for information about two Irish operatives in Paris? The old retired man was from the French intelligence service and so was Vincent. That's how Vincent got the information about the whereabouts of Seamus and Deidre.
The original DVD that I watched missed Vincent's remark. I always wondered when Vincent had said that Deidre wouldn't be coming. But the next DVD that I bought from Europe included the part where Vincent says that she wouldn't be coming.
Not even the CIA guy knew if Sam had left. Sam kept his legend even to the CIA contact.
Since Niels is dead, who is going to get it?
I agree. The selection for Jim Prideaux was much better in the film version. Also, Ricki Tarr in the BBC version was unnecessarily intense. He didn't look like the type who would seduce Boris' common-law wife. As for Irina in the BBC version, please spare me. What does Ricki see in her? And what's this Scotland being the Garden of Eden? As for Connie Sachs in both the film and BBC, please spare me again.
He did want to buy the Bahamas beach property. He said that he wanted to die at a warm place. $282,000 was indeed all the money he had. His banker in Hong Kong wanted to confirm Muir's true intention of liquidating all his assets. Muir spent all his money in savings to rescue Tom Bishop. Nathan once advised Tom never to touch his savings to save any of his assets.
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