Breach

Breach

2007 · 110 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.6 (523 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 computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States.

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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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