Traitor (2008)

Best movie of this year hands down!

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.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

As a young child living in Yemen "Samir Horn" (Don Cheadle) experiences the death of his father in a car bomb planted by terrorists. Afterward his mother takes him to America where he grows up and eventually joins the army as a demolitions expert. After separating from the army he begins to sell explosive detonators to the highest bidder which eventually leads him to a Muslim terrorist movement in Sudan. Unfortunately, while a meeting is taking place he is arrested and sent to a prison and upon his escape joins a terrorist movement which has use for his skills. At any rate, rather than disclose the rest of the story and risk ruining the film for those who haven't seen it I will just that that this was a pretty good action film with some drama and suspense thrown in for good measure. I especially liked the performance of Don Cheadle who I thought played the part to near perfection. Above average.

I found this film very Hollywood in it's address to Islamic radicals and terrorism. Though at least they did manage get to some facts correct as regards to Islam.Most interesting fact that I found in the film was Taqiyya and Kitman (lying). " you must blend in " The 9/11 hijackers practised deception by going into bars and drinking alcohol,thus throwing off potential suspicion that they were fundamentalists plotting jihad.This is a film for the mature audience,and it did leave an after taste in my mind that asks me to think twice about what and who 'the person/s next door' is really about,in that respect the film is very dark !8/10

TRAITORI really enjoyed it.Again, this is one of those movies that I had never heard of but saw the DVD cheap and thought I would try it.It's about a terrorist group who are planning to bomb America. Don Cheadle is a terrorist that is planting these bombs... Guy Pearce is an FBI agent tracking him. It is a good chase film... Don is running and hiding, but Guy is right behind him the whole way... he just can't seem to catch him.The acting was good and the story was really good. There were a few surprising moments in the movie and a couple of really good twists.It was really bad timing to watch this movie though... after this film finished I turned on the news and heard that there really was a bombing in America. 2 bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. at least 8 people confirmed dead so far, including an 8 year old child. It is such a shame that things like this happen in real life. It makes a great movie story like in Traitor, but it is a sad day when terrorism happens and kills innocent people. My thoughts go out to the people effected by this attack.I give this film 7 out of 10.It's a very entertaining movie and was surprisingly not very well known... it should have done better in the box office.For more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl

After a bit of a slow start and a somewhat convoluted story, "Traitor" manages to overcome those weaknesses and becomes a decent suspense flick about the planning of a major terrorist attack on the United States, and the fight by various members of the law enforcement/intelligence communities to prevent it. You have a tendency to want to dismiss this as just a right-wing anti-Muslim film; then you have a tendency to think of it as a left-wing anti-American film; then you realize that the story (since it makes you think of both) is actually pretty balanced. The excesses of both extreme Islam and American actions around the world are both noted, but the proper critique is also made of both types of excess, leading to the conclusion that the writers knew their stuff and understood the basic principles that undergird both Islam and the United States, and aren't afraid to criticize those who would twist either set of principles for their own ends.The movie revolves around Don Cheadle, who put on a great performance as Sadir, a Sudanese born American citizen. Sadir is a mysterious character. From the very beginning you question his loyalty - who is he really working for? What are his motives? In the end, you have the impression that while he's definitely working for one side over the other, he's much like the movie as a whole - he doesn't really support the tactics of either, and is really more committed to a higher cause of his own definition. The movie (as is common with these types of stories) includes a sometimes bewildering array of locations that makes it sometimes a bit hard to follow. There are scenes in Sudan, Yemen, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Mexico - maybe even a couple more that I've forgotten! That might well be an accurate portrayal of how these plots are developed but it's a bit confusing as you're trying to follow the story.The plot is truly frightening. 50 Islamic extremists have been planted in the U.S. and are living normal lives (some married with children) waiting for their orders to put the plot into action. The plan is to simultaneously detonate bombs on 50 buses around the country to make the point that no one anywhere in the U.S. is safe. There's an interesting look at some of the strategies that might be used to communicate. As the point at which the plot is to be pulled off approaches, there's real suspense over whether it will be successful. Overall, this is a pretty good movie.