Breach (DVD)

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Thriller films are a dime a dozen, and while many purport to be based on the true facts, few manage to create the veracity of a real-life story that just so happens to be compelling enough in its own stead without needing any Hollywood embellishments. The film is based on the very real story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who manages to be a spy for Russia for over two decades before he was caught, and Eric O'Neill, his assistant, worked as a technical consultant on the film, giving this film even more gritty authenticity. Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillipe) is a young FBI recruit who works ...  Read the complete review

Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) is an experienced FBI agent that has been serving his country from the Soviet Union for the past 25 years, however as his retirement approaches the FBI bring him back to America to see out the remainder of his career as the head of a brand new division to protect the FBI's best kept secrets. Or this is at least what we is told. Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is an up and coming FBI agent and has been assigned as Hanssen's 'clerk'. Prior to his appointment he is briefed that he is to write down and everything that Hanssen does and report back to Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) with his findings. This is because he is a ...  Read the complete review

Breach is an intriguing and engaging drama, based on real life events surrounding the 2001 arrest of a highly placed FBI agent by the name of Robert Hansenn. Hansenn is portrayed well by Chris Cooper who brings the talents that he has displayed in American Beauty and The Bourne Identity to the fore to show Hansenn as a complex character whose motivation for betraying his country's secrets are not clear to the audience or to those investigating him. The progress of this investigation is from the point of view of Eric O'Neill, played by Ryan Phillippe, assigned as Hansenn's assistant to gain his trust. Phillippe and the other supporting cast, including Laura Linney ...  Read the complete review