Betrayed (1988)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This movie is in the top 5 of my most favorite movies of all time! Not only was it very well choreographed it was also incredibly revealing! I remember so many of the mysterious events, as this movie has revealed, in a period of time when there were unsolved murders of black folks found in Rock Creek Park from 1980 through 1986. Many people would find these true events revealed by this movie unbelievable or too far fetched! We live in the melting pot and everyone has the freedom to think and feel the way they do! I'm a black man born and raised in these United States and can understand the plight of the white supremacist. You will believe in what you were taught and raised to believe but some have come to know that we are all related because we all were created from and by one GOD! It's truly an incredible movie!

After the brutal gun-down of a radio disc jockey, an FBI agent goes undercover in the search of white supremacists planning something big. But things get complicated when she falls in love with her target along with his children. A well meaning, if humid political drama, but it comes across rather heavy-handed and convoluted in its message making it far from entertaining to watch. Interesting, but only in parts and there's a real bitter tone evident. However profound, multi-facet performances by leads Debra Winger and Tom Berenger with a capable support cast; John Heard, Betsy Blair and John Mahoney keep it grounded. After a simple set-up, it show its dark underbelly and truthfully embraces it as our protagonist thinks she knows the man, but isn't really prepared and finds herself right in the deep end. The outrageous climax is baffling and some moments seem to lull during the family interactions, but these sequences are important to building character and illustrating the unnerving nature of racism (like the camp-out scenes)."Whose side are you on?"

At least, when the closing credits appear, this song is uplifting and proves that Berenger's young daughter hasn't totally been brainwashed by the cult she lives among.Tom Berenger plays a heavy in this one where Deborah Winger, his new found girlfriend, is a federal agent penetrating a white supremacy group. He takes her to a variety of his crews exploits-mainly killing blacks and Jews.Periodically, Winger reports back to her superior and lover John Heard and is really in for a rude awakening at the picture's end when it is determined that she has been used for the agency's other purpose. This dynamic twist really adds to this decent film.

"Betrayed" is really a movie of underdeveloped, mostly unlikable, characters. Other than Debra Winger and Tom Berenger, we know next to nothing about everyone else. Sure, John Heard alludes to a past relationship with Winger, but really all he does is complain about a lack of evidence. Between a few shockingly evil events, there is way too much repetitive relationship nonsense, which makes the film seem overly long. The ending is a real stretch, as Beringer's cat and mouse game with the now unmasked F.B.I. agent, should have clued him that she just might try and get the drop on him. Overall the movie becomes tedious, and is not recommended, except for Tom Berenger's performance. - MERK