In 2001, FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) starts work under the Bureau's computer wizard Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), with secret orders to check on his internet habits. He's soon told Hanssen is the target of an espionage investigation. Read more
| Starring | Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas |
|---|---|
| Director | Billy Ray |
| Run time | 110 mins |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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In February 2001 US Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen had been arrested for treason. Although the full extent of the information Hanssen passed to... read more »
Forget it if you want Bond style shoot em up and chase em style cinematised spy games, this is based on true events, and is an excellent interesting and informative watch. everyone in this paints the picture well, but Chris Cooper as the main man Rober Hannsen is outstanding. Bond paced it might not be, enthrallingly interesting it is. Definately worthy of a watch, Recommended.
SLOW, SLOW, SLOW and then a bit slower. Based on a true story but you never get a real insight into any of the key characters, it just bumbles along with nothing really happening until the end when the film comes tio a dull conclusion. If you are interested in real life portrails then great, if you want to watch a good film then forget it
If you’re going to remake something, remake something that didn’t work, and fix it. I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of what the French critic and filmmaker Francois Truffaut observed. (And no, he didn’t remake any movies in his career, although he adapted numerous novels.) The filmmakers had a job on their hands when they took on this big screen treatment of Paul Abbott’s universally-praised 2003 BBC serial. For many people (at least in Britain) the TV Read more