Entertainment One UK has released the first Official Secrets trailer. Gavin Hood’s new movie is based on the true story of GCHQ translator Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley) who chose to leak official secrets in order to prove that the government was lying about the necessity for the Iraq War. I caught the film at Sundance earlier this year and found it a little underwhelming. I wrote: The biggest problem with Official Secrets is that, other than having no energy to the direction, the story lacks focus. Gun is at the center of the story, but then the plot will …

I hate writing reviews for movies like Official Secrets because these kinds of films lack a pulse. At least bad movies give you something to comment on, but Official Secrets isn’t bad. It’s fine. It’s also, instantly forgettable and completely unremarkable in every conceivable way. The moral crux of Gavin Hood’s movie—doing the right thing in the face of almost certain failure—is lost in a dry recitation of facts that provide a chronicle of the story without ever garnering any depth beyond the obvious. Official Secrets is a movie that happens, exists, and nothing …