"Breach" of Billy Ray is based on a true story about Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Hanssen works for 25 years in FBI but he becomes suspicious so head of the FBI sends young Erika O'Neilla (Ryan Phillippe) to supervise Hanssen. Erik is hired as Hanssen's secretary and he must earn his confidence and actually become his friend.
Ray's first movie ("Shattered Glass") is also based on a true story just like this one. Here Ray takes maybe too big bite for him. Experienced director would make this movie even better cause here we are only given scraps. The whole betrayal of Hanssen should have been presented in much bigger way. But even without that "Breach" is recommendable movie with great Chris Cooper in main role and with solid support from Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney.
Also it reminds of magnificent "Donnie Brasco". Both Depp and Phillippe characters must become friends with the man they trail and actually enter in their world; so their wives suffer who don't know nothing about that (Heche/Dhavernas). Of course "Donnie Brasco" is much, much better movie but I felt those connections. There is inevitable initiation of Russians again and at the whole end director makes weird. He shows Hanssen as religious man and one of the last lines when they meet in the elevator (what are the chances?) is: "Pray for me." After Hanssen asks that in tears, Eric replies: "I will." That last lines surely never happened in real life but they needed a movie ending and I think most of people will feel a bit sorry for Hanssen. Actually his biggest crime isn't that he betrayed his country (like most of people think); his biggest crime is that people were murdered because of his acts.
If you can, watch this movie to learn something about so called 'one of the greatest security breaches in U.S. history', or because of Chris Cooper or just because you've got nothing better to do on Tuesday evening.
Ray's first movie ("Shattered Glass") is also based on a true story just like this one. Here Ray takes maybe too big bite for him. Experienced director would make this movie even better cause here we are only given scraps. The whole betrayal of Hanssen should have been presented in much bigger way. But even without that "Breach" is recommendable movie with great Chris Cooper in main role and with solid support from Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney.
Also it reminds of magnificent "Donnie Brasco". Both Depp and Phillippe characters must become friends with the man they trail and actually enter in their world; so their wives suffer who don't know nothing about that (Heche/Dhavernas). Of course "Donnie Brasco" is much, much better movie but I felt those connections. There is inevitable initiation of Russians again and at the whole end director makes weird. He shows Hanssen as religious man and one of the last lines when they meet in the elevator (what are the chances?) is: "Pray for me." After Hanssen asks that in tears, Eric replies: "I will." That last lines surely never happened in real life but they needed a movie ending and I think most of people will feel a bit sorry for Hanssen. Actually his biggest crime isn't that he betrayed his country (like most of people think); his biggest crime is that people were murdered because of his acts.
If you can, watch this movie to learn something about so called 'one of the greatest security breaches in U.S. history', or because of Chris Cooper or just because you've got nothing better to do on Tuesday evening.