Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Abegail Noëlle 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.

tendobear Not as political as I had imagined and expected, which is actually a relief considering the slew of preachy, self-righteous and pretentious politically-charged movies out there spawned since 9/11. Traitor is neither pretentious or preachy, it's actually more akin to Hong Kong crime flick Infernal Affairs, where the police force has a mole and the triads also has a mole. Here, Don Cheadle's ex-US Special Operations Officer is on a sting mission posing as an Islamic extremist to bring down a terrorist faction. All the while, Guy Pearce's FBI agent is on his tail believing he's really a terrorist. I'm glad that the political preaching takes a back seat on this one, so that let's the action and story move along at a good steady pace.

vostf This is a really well researched script whose major quality is to empathise with the enemy, something that must have been quite impossible to picture for narrow-minded executives back in 2002. Unfortunately after 2008 we know it all, we have learnt all the various aspects, technical, sociological and political, of Jihad terrorism. The script does bring together all the elements pretty well, with an interesting lead, but that is not enough.First there is a rhythm issue. The story flows but there is no change in rhythm when we switch to - potentially - suspenseful or high-octane action scenes. This is all very low-key, in line with the main character (Don Cheadle also produced so it may be a reason here why main character and direction are somewhat overlapping) and doesn't help the movie to graduate into another dimension. Then, natural consequence of a loose rhythm, the audience is guessing ahead and the twists - and climax - are totally dissolved into the flow. In the end there is a strange feel that is not satisfactory about the blend of optimistic and pessimistic elements in the story. And really it is overly optimistic plot elements and totally downplayed pessimistic elements (well, they mostly rest on Don Cheadle's shoulders).I would recommend this movie for its detailed and clever script, and the sharp execution (kudos to the guys for shooting this in 48 days). Could have been sharper though, and that would have meant a totally different angle for the lead with, hem, less screen time, and relegating the Jihad characters in the dark background (too much visual empathy is counter-productive, empathy is perfectly sufficient thru Samir). Nice try, better vision next time.

Jan Ligthart Sometimes good is bad and bad is good. Or put more simply: everything is just a shade of grey. What kind of shade just depends on the viewer, the perspective. Steve Martin (yes, the comedian Steve Martin) co-wrote a solid modern day spy saga that is fortunately neither black nor white. The only thing this movie lacks is emotion. By trying too hard to get the message across, director Jeffrey Nachmanoff has lost eye on the need for viewers to be able to identify with the characters and has thus made it harder to empathize with persons and causes. You will, but only in the second half of the movie. Still, the storyline is solid. And the acting is more than that. Don Cheadle is (again) magnificent and so is Saïd Taghmaoui. This is not an action movie, but a thinking man's movie. And a good one too.

ma-cortes Thrilling and exciting movie about terrorism , spies and geopolitical issues . A firm believer in the Holy Quran, Samir Horn ( Don Cheadle ), American citizen and former soldier in Afghanistan, lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his love interest , Chandra Dawkin (Archie Panjabi). He is actively involved in selling explosives to Jihadis. However he is trapped and meantime in a Yemeni prison, Samir is hit , and another inmate, Omar ( Said ), comes to his support . Both men become close friends, subsequently getaway from prison, re-locate to Marsielle, executing a massacre , and elude authorities for some time . Later on they re-enter the U.S., meet with other important terrorists , and together they scheme to place bombs in 50 Greyhound buses ,one for each State. Using internet and mail they recruit 50 volunteers to carry out this gruesome aim . Meanwhile, the super-powerful CIA uses technological-gizmo-surveillance satellites , super-computers for people spying and hound terrorists relentlessly. The CIA agents ( Guy Pearce , Neal McDonough ) scheme a plot to chase the mastermind terrorist . They form a shaky alliance with Carter ( Jeff Daniels ),the boss of Intelligence to break the terrorist ring whose objective is the bombing civilian targets . They try to stop cruel group who plans terrorist bombings by means an uncanny masquerade .Story's core is interesting and script is dense with information and drama . The ultra-brisk editing and rapid scenes movement leaves little time to consider some inadequacies. The picture takes parts from ¨ The Siege¨ (98, by Edward Zwick with Denzel Washington,Tony Shalhoub) about the dangerous terrorism Arab in US ; ¨ Spy game ¨(2001, by Tony Scott with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford ) concerning the spy-world and ¨Body of lies ¨ (2008 by Ridly Scott with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe ) about sophisticated methods of the international terrorism . Don Cheadle , also producer , is the main attraction , he sustains interest in this tale of treason and terrorism . Guy Pearce and Neal McDonough are good as intelligent super-agents and Jeff Daniels's cool displaying a brief performance. The use of interesting messages to add weight to a romantic subplot between the terrorist and the Arab woman , though feels a little forced . The film packs adequate,evocative cinematography by Michael Muro and agreeable musical score by Mark Kilian with Arabs overtones. The motion picture is well written and realized by Jeffrey Nachmanoff . Rating : Above average, well worth watching.