Post by teleadm on Oct 10, 2018 17:29:21 GMT
Breach 2007, directed by Billy Ray, staring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert, Kathleen Quinlan , Bruce Davison and others.
Crime drama based on traitor Robert Hanssen's last two months before his capture. FBI upstart Eric O'Neill (Phillippe) enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen (Cooper), an agent who lator was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
I liked the tone of this movie, it's not an action movie, it's more a battle of wits against a person who acts like a patriot and a devout catholic, who turns out to be more complex, and sells secrets to the Soviet Union. Though we know who is the villain from the start, it's still interesting to see how they managed to nail him after nearly 25 years as a traitor. Chris Cooper is just great as Hanson, toned down, never knowing what mood he is in, always suspicious. The movie has a very wintry and cold cinematography that only enhances the story, and that this was at the end of the Cold War. Everything is very sparse and mattor-of-fact and that was something I though fitted this movie.
A friend recomended this movie, and I'm very glad he did, though it took me many years before I finally watched it.
I later read that some liberties was taken as to not show how the real FBI operates.
Crime drama based on traitor Robert Hanssen's last two months before his capture. FBI upstart Eric O'Neill (Phillippe) enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen (Cooper), an agent who lator was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
I liked the tone of this movie, it's not an action movie, it's more a battle of wits against a person who acts like a patriot and a devout catholic, who turns out to be more complex, and sells secrets to the Soviet Union. Though we know who is the villain from the start, it's still interesting to see how they managed to nail him after nearly 25 years as a traitor. Chris Cooper is just great as Hanson, toned down, never knowing what mood he is in, always suspicious. The movie has a very wintry and cold cinematography that only enhances the story, and that this was at the end of the Cold War. Everything is very sparse and mattor-of-fact and that was something I though fitted this movie.
A friend recomended this movie, and I'm very glad he did, though it took me many years before I finally watched it.
I later read that some liberties was taken as to not show how the real FBI operates.