the falcon and the snowman be the story of two young men and a cia employee and a drug dealer and who become disenchant with united state foreign policy and sell state secret to the soviet union . the event of the film be base on a true story . timothy hutton and sean penn be convince in the lead part and develop interesting characterization . the support cast also perform well and notably with a performance from david suchet of hercule poirot fame a a seasoned soviet agent . the film be generally effective at set out it premise and develop it and give a sense of two boy catch in something they do not properly understand go in . however and it do seem overlong and cumbersome at point in the middle . the end and however and be tense and stunning and effective . there be some catchy rock song include in the soundtrack and but also unfortunately a repeat mellow synthesizer track that doesn not fit with a spy story . there be other spy film more worth seek out than the falcon and the snowman and but it be a decent film none the less .