Holding an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film does not appear to be available to rent or stream – so now is the time to watch it.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 13 September) is Breach, the brilliant 2007 spy thriller based on true events.
Co-written and directed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass), the film revolves around Eric O’Neill (played by Ryan Phillippe, Cruel Intentions) – a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI.
O’Neill believes his dream of being a full-fledged agent is finally becoming a reality when he gets an unexpected promotion and assignment to work with the renowned agent Robert Hanssen (Oscar-winner Chris Cooper, Adaptation).
“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,” the plot synopsis reads.
Co-starring the great Laura Linney (Ozark), Breach’s cat-and-mouse thrills, its moody atmosphere of intrigue and its absolutely haunting central turn by Cooper make it one of the very best spy thrillers of the century.
Holding an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score, the movie is airing on TV tonight at 11.15pm on RTÉ One after The Late Late Show.
According to the app JustWatch, Breach is not available to rent or stream in Ireland so now is the time to check it out.
Here are the other movies on TV this evening:
The Searchers – TG4 – 9pm
John Wayne stars in probably the greatest Western of all time.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle – Film4 – 9pm
The sadly not very good sequel to the excellent action spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Little Fockers – E4 – 9pm
The third and worst entry in the Ben Stiller/Robert De Niro-led comedy franchise.
Tales of the Grim Sleeper – Sky Crime – 9pm
An acclaimed true crime documentary examining the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorised South Central Los Angeles over a span of 25 years.
Butterfly in a Wheel – Legend Xtra – 9pm
After kidnapping the daughter of a couple, a man (Pierce Brosnan) forces the two (Gerard Butler and Maria Bello) to comply with a series of daunting tasks in this 2007 thriller.
The Silence of the Lambs – RTÉ2 – 10pm
The only horror movie to ever win the Best Picture Oscar.
Alien – BBC One – 10.40pm
Check out our interview with the director of the new Alien movie – Alien: Romulus – right here:
Pet – Legend Xtra – 10.55pm
In this twisty horror, a woman (Ksenia Solo) is abducted by a stalker (Lost’s Dominic Monaghan) and held captive underneath an animal shelter where her captor works.
Filth – Film4 – 11.50pm
James McAvoy – currently in cinemas with the very good thriller Speak No Evil – is a crooked cop in this darkly fun if disturbing adaptation of the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting).
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