Double Agent/ Breach
Director: Billy Ray
Starring: Gary Cole
, Bruce Davison
, Laura Linney
, Chris Cooper, Chris
Cooper Based on true events, the most notorious espionage case in American history cost the United States and its allies hundreds of millions of dollars. Young agent O'Neal is sent to the United States with Soviet spy expert Hansen in order to find evidence of his treason. Hansen has worked for the FBI for 25 years.
As for the plot, there is actually nothing particularly impressive, and it is something that happened in other countries, and there is no so-called spontaneous patriotic enthusiasm, but after watching it, I really want to discuss the so-called human nature with others.
Is there anything one needs to hold on to? Is the person we know, the person we meet face-to-face, the person we identify in our minds?
O'Neal had just been dispatched to Hansen's side when his female boss told him that Hansen made pornographic videos and posted them online. In the contact, O'Neill found that Hansen is a devout believer, the husband and wife are loving, and he is respected by his children and grandchildren. If it weren't for the subsequent discovery, Hansen would undoubtedly be the object of admiration, with meticulous work, disciplined life, and enough concern for his subordinates. But after all, there will be flaws. Hansen asked O'Neal to send the videotape, and the content was actually about his married life with his wife, and his wife was obviously kept in the dark!
The truth revealed layer by layer that during his time at the FBI, Hansen had been passing information for the Soviets and betrayed the KGB spies recruited by the United States, leading to their deaths.
Many people were relieved when Hansen was arrested. And O'Neal, giving up the honor that belonged to him, quit his job as a special agent to become a lawyer. The reason in the film is for the harmony of the family, but for what, it is estimated that only he himself understands.
A person who looks very bright on the surface, a person who is revered by his family and his subordinates, and when the camera is pointed directly into his heart, I am not even sure if this is the same person.
Hansen in the movie had a psychological deformity because of his father's strict requirements when he was young; and in the real society, how many people's childhood past was flawless. Everyone has such an unspeakable shadow, and everyone has another identity that no one else can recognize. What we hold on to is our own self-righteousness. So, is the me who is sitting on the desktop typing on the keyboard now the same me who laughs and plays with everyone on weekdays, or, as you see, it is not me at all.
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