Don Cheadle,
Guy Pearce,
Said Taghmaoui,
Neal McDonough,
Aly Khan
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An undercover CIA agent within a terrorist cell is marked as a terrorist suspect by the FBI in Overture Films' upcoming thriller Traitor. Don Cheadle produces and stars in the film as the operative un... read more
Directed by: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Release Date: August 27, 2008
Keywords:
action,
suspense,
spy,
thriller,
type,
terrorist,
don cheadle,
jeff daniels,
guy pearce,
fbi agent,
Steve Martin ,
Don Cheadle ,
Jeff Daniels ,
Guy Pearce
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
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July 19, 2011The only person he can trust is himself.
A very solid good movie surprisingly so. The story was amazing and very creative. It's intriguing and suspenseful with a combination of drama and espionage action. The leading role acting by Don Cheadle really was impressive. The directio... read more -
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March 26, 2010Three high quality actors Cheadle, Pearce and McDonough, who is wasted, in the service of an ordinary terrorist conspiracy thiller. Not terrible but nothing extraordinary either.
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March 26, 2010A brilliant, nail-biting, engaging, sizzling and explosive thriller. An ingenious spy game of the highest caliber. It's The Bourne Ultimatum meets Sleeper Cell with echos of 24. What an amazing dosage of action, drama, suspense and espionage. It's rich in character and it's story... read more
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January 23, 2010Advertised as a Bourne type thriller but really was actually more about correcting false perceptions of a religion than a international thriller. I felt like I watched a different movie than what was advertised and that usually does not go well. Cheadle is alright, Pearce is ... read more
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January 13, 2010fb733768972Better than I thought it was going to be! traitor has just enough of everything to keep you going!
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December 19, 2009A good action thriller that seems to have gone under the radar? A great cast, with a good story that will keep you guessing. Feels similar to the likes of the Siege, Body of lies etc due to the main themes in the story. The action scenes are very good. So if you enjoy a well made... read more
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October 24, 2009Pleasantly surprised by this superior B-movie terrorism thriller - all to plausible plot chills as you comprehend its implications for world security. The intelligent well informed script is aptly delivered by a cosmopolitan cast headed ably by Cheadle and Pearce. An overlooked ... read more
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October 14, 2009As a thriller, Traitor excels and feels especially relevant, considering the subject matter.
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September 5, 2009A thinking man's thriller that, while occasionally bowing to cliche (although an excellent turn is put in by Jeff Daniels as the CIA agent whose tool perhaps goes renegade), stays away from the usual Hollywood, 'let's blow everything up' school.
Yes, there are bombs exploding ... read more
Critic Reviews
November 7, 2008
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
November 7, 2008
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
It was complicated but ultimately it failed in that attempt to deliver a complicated message. Full Review
November 7, 2008
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Let's just say this is a well paced thriller with a strong cast -- it's good to see Guy Pearce on screen -- but the terrorist threat which obsessed the recent Bush administration has been dwarfed by a... Full Review
August 29, 2008
Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal
Promising premise devolves into a by-the-numbers espionage thriller. Full Review
August 29, 2008
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Traitor gets a leg up thanks to a solid cast, including Guy Pearce, an underused Jeff Daniels and chiefly Cheadle's Horn, whose quiet dignity makes his blurred loyalties believable and his true sympat... Full Review
August 29, 2008
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Traitor becomes too busy, ultimately frustrating, and never delivers on its tantalizing promise of offering a little insight into terrorists' motives -- and it's even got an inside man. Full Review
August 28, 2008
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The wait isn't worth it in this fearmongering, opportunistic political/spy thriller, a slippery entertainment that's all feints and few punches thrown at a fight card of indistinguishable terrorists, ... Full Review
August 27, 2008
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
The script seldom rises above formula, but its respectful treatment of Islam is both unusual and welcome. Full Review
August 27, 2008
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
Traitor traffics in the cliches of the terrorist chase film -- including the usual stereotypes of Muslims -- while trying not to succumb to outright bigotry. Full Review
August 27, 2008
Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle
Traitor delivers plot twists but few real surprises. Full Review
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