Traitor (2008)


Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)

Traitor (2008)


Traitor (2008)


Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff


Cast: Don Cheadle as Samir Horn, Guy Pearce as Roy Clayton, Saïd Taghmaoui as Omar, Neal McDonough as Max Archer, Alyy Khan as Fareed, Archie Panjabi as Chandra Dawkin, Raad Rawi as Nathir, Hassam Ghancy as Bashir, Mozhan Marnò as Leyla (as Mozhan Marno), Adeel Akhtar as Hamzi, Jeff Daniels as Carter, Lorena Gale as Dierdre Horn, Scali Delpeyrat as Inspector Gilles, Mehdi Ortelsberg as Ali (as Medhi Ortelsberg), Aizoun Abdelkader as Ahmed



Back in my youth it was always the case that movie bad guys were pretty
much an uncomplicated bunch. The enemy used to be either Red Indians or
The Germans. Then came the IRA (for us Brits ) and the Russians .
Sinister foe's who were willing to go that one step further for their
cause. Since 9/11 a far more fearful enemy has appeared on the scene. A
brain washed enemy that is willing to die in the name of religion - The
fundamentalist Muslims . Because of the terrifying prospect of what
they have done and what they could do again , Hollywood have jumped on
the band wagon and profited from a string of movies about the subject .
None of which have been outstanding yet most have been entertaining.
Traitor fits perfectly in that bracket .

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation
into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back
to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. A mysterious
figure with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a
knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down.

The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter,a
veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his own agenda and Max Archer,
fellow FBI agent. The task force links Horn to a prison break in Yemen,
a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, but a tangle of contradictory
evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his quarry is a
disaffected former military operative--or something far more
complicated.

Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the
globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world
of shadows and intrigue.

I like Don Cheadle. I can forgive him for one of the worst ever English
accents in the Ocean's films because despite that he is normally very
good at his trade. He was brilliant in Boogie Nights and i loved his
performance Reign Over Me. His performance is probably the best thing
about Traitor.

Although thoroughly entertaining , this film has nothing new in it to
recommend it any more than say - The Kingdom or Body of Lies - and if
you have seen either of those films you have seen Traitor.

It's good to see Guy Pearce too . A highly underrated actor who has
hardly put a foot wrong since his days in the extremely naff Australian
Soap Opera "Neighbours". His best performance to date being the lead in
the stunning movie "Momento".

This film reminds me a lot of the US TV series " Sleeper Cell" . Don
Cheadle's character is asked to basically do the same thing in this as
Darwyn Al-Sayeed does did in that show.

To sum up traitor is 2 hours of fast flowing predictable fair that is
hard to criticise but is also difficult heap praise on.

7 out of 10

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