Breach

Breach

2007 · 110 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.6 (701 votes)
Dir. Billy Ray · Starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert · Music Mychael Danna

“How one man betrayed the security of a nation.”

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Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.

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A slow-burn procedural that ratchets up the tension with every quiet conversation and watchful glance. It's a chilling look at the paranoia and psychological toll of deep-cover espionage, where trust is a dangerous commodity.

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