First off, I'd like to say that this is a decent movie, but those who go in expecting something along the lines of Syriana, Munich, or Spy Game will likely be very disappointed. This film is actually much closer to Donnie Brasco, but not nearly as good. In Breach, the "how" and "why" are never explained. If you want to know the answers to those questions, then you're probably better off getting a book on the subject because they won't be answered here. In fact, the movie begins only months before he is captured, and no Russian contacts are ever seen. One major problem I had was that Mr. Hanssen is portrayed as a two-dimensional villain. This is partly due to the failure to explain *why* he did it. He appears almost comically evil, while the executed Russian KGB defectors are implicitly regarded as the unfortunate good guys. However, reality is never black-and-white. Yes, what he did was terrible, but the Russians would regard their defectors as the evil ones and Mr. Hanssen as the good guy. Again, I'm not condoning what he did, but I think the writer/director should have been more impartial in their portrayal or Mr. Hanssen because the real story is certainly more complicated than is shown here. 3.5/5
Review of Breach
