Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton) is an expert in falconry that gets a job as a civilian defense contractor in the Black Vault. Since he is disillusioned with the US government, he decides to repay his government passing US secrets to Soviets. Andrew Daulton Lee (Sean Penn) is a drug addict and cocaine smuggler nicknamed 'the Snowman', who has frustrated and alienated his family. He decides to work with the KGB agents along with Boyce, motivated by the hope of moving from the US to Costa Rica, where there aren't extradiction laws. Unfortunately nearly everything will go downfall because of Lee's drug addiction and periods of irrationality, and also because Boyce wants to return in the US for returning to college and stay with his girlfriend. How this will unfold? See the rest.
Penn and Hutton (who already co-starred in the very good TAPS) have lots of chemistry together and their moments together were probably the best thing of the movie (along with David Bowie's song THIS IS NOT AMERICA). But the spying game and all the manuevers were sometimes confusing and muddled the plot unnecessarily.
Not a bad movie, but if you are into spy movies with common people acting undercover, this is for you.
Penn and Hutton (who already co-starred in the very good TAPS) have lots of chemistry together and their moments together were probably the best thing of the movie (along with David Bowie's song THIS IS NOT AMERICA). But the spying game and all the manuevers were sometimes confusing and muddled the plot unnecessarily.
Not a bad movie, but if you are into spy movies with common people acting undercover, this is for you.