Overrated

Fantastic!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

***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.

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

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.

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.