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Traitor (2008)

August. 27,2008
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6.9
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PG-13
| Drama Action Thriller Crime
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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.

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Jeanskynebu
2008/08/27

the audience applauded

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Unlimitedia
2008/08/28

Sick Product of a Sick System

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Lumsdal
2008/08/29

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

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ThedevilChoose
2008/08/30

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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MiketheWhistle
2008/08/31

I watched this back when it came out on DVD and only vaguely remembered it until watching it again now on Tubi.It reminds me of Sleeper Cell and Homeland which are two awesome shows.It twists and turns and has great acting.Well worth the time.

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kapelusznik18
2008/09/01

***SPOILERS*** The conflicted and all screwed up life of US special operation sergeant Samir Hom,Don Cheadle, is tested by both his adopted country the USA and his religion Islam in him going through with a planned terrorist attack against the US on of all days Thanksgiving that involves the destruction of 50 cross country buses carrying hundreds of unsuspecting and innocent civilians. Forced to go undercover as an Islamic terrorist Samir was already involved in a terrorist attack on the US consulate in Nice France that killed 8 people. Now he's told by his US controller Carter, Jeff Danials, to provide the explosives that can kills almost as many US citizens that were killed back on 9/11.It's US CIA agent Roy Clayton, Guy Pearce, who got wind of Samir's working for the US Government not against who it who tried to get him to reveal those terrorists like his good friend Omar, Said Taghmaoui, plans to blow up America. With Samir not really trusting anyone, including Agent Clayton, he decides to go it alone leaving himself open to be killed by the both the terrorists as well as US Government's homeland security agents. That by him secretly planting all the explosives with the 50 designated Islamic terrorists and their American victims. And he did it in a way that no one including the terrorists as well as Agent Clayton ever expected.***SPOILERS*** We get to see Samir finally see the light in just who his friends as well as enemies are. Even though he works for the US Government Samir was still a loyal and practicing Moslem at heart but he soon realized that those he worked with-like Omar- actions were anything that had to do with his faith or religion. Which like him witnessing as a young boy his father being blown to bits in a terrorist car bombing back in the Sudan. He knew that those terrorists that he was secretly working for were no better then those who murdered his father and in the end acted accordingly.

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SnoopyStyle
2008/09/02

Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is a Sudanese-American devout Muslim. He's trying to sell Semtex explosives to Omar (Saïd Taghmaoui) in Yemen. They are arrested by the local military. FBI agents Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) and Max Archer (Neal McDonough) try to recruit Samir but he rejects them. They start zeroing in on him as a terrorist. In prison, he stands up to a vicious criminal in defense of a weak prisoner. Omar accepts the pious former American soldier Samir into his group. They break out of prison and work towards a coordinated attack in America with sleeper cells. Suddenly, it's revealed that Samir is working with Carter (Jeff Daniels) from US Intelligence deep undercover without anybody's knowledge.Don Cheadle makes this compelling by his will of personality. The story is much less compelling. It reveals the twist quite early. Frankly, I was wondering if there is going to be another twist where Samir actually turns out to be a real terrorist. By doing the reveal, the FBI story is defanged. It would have been better to stay on Cheadle throughout the entire movie.

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kai ringler
2008/09/03

what a thought provoking movie,, it really makes you think about what is going on today in the Middle East ,, Afghanistan, all of those places. Jihadists are a tricky bunch you don't wanna make them mad,, apparently our main character Semir seemed to feel betrayed, and decided that he was gonna single handedly get back at all of those who had done him and his religion wrong for so many years,, interesting footage of a might be Jihadist might do in a terrorist situation,, like making a bomb for instance,, um the suicidal bomber,, stuff like that,, this movie is not so much into action as it is more of a political thriller type,, it shows the emotions of many of the jihadists and what they are going thru,, i'm not sympathizing with them i'm just saying some of it is interesting to see what happens from their point of view.

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