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Breach (2007)
Director: Billy Ray
Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas
7.0
83%Runtime110 min
Rating12A
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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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Fans of gripping spy thrillers and taut, cat-and-mouse narratives will appreciate the suspenseful, high-stakes drama in Breach (2007), directed by Billy Ray. The film's standout performance by Chris Cooper as real-life FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who betrayed his country, is a highlight that lends depth and complexity to this captivating true story.
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Breach is a 2007 American spy thriller film directed by Billy Ray, who wrote the screenplay with Adam Mazer and William Rotko. The film is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for more than two decades. It stars Chris Cooper as Hanssen and Ryan Phillippe as Eric O'Neill, the FBI investigator who helped bring about Hanssen's downfall. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $41 million on a $23 million budget.
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