Once you cross the line... you can't go back.
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former US Special Operations officer, Samir Horn (Don Cheadle). A mysterious figure with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down. The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter (Jeff Daniels), a veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his own agenda and Max Archer (Neal McDonough), a fellow FBI agent. The task force links Horn to a prison break in Yemen, a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, but a tangle of contradictory evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his quarry is a disaffected former military operative - or something far more complicated. Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world of shadows and intrigue.
Special Agent Matti
Traitor is a pretty good terrorist/police kind of film that spoils the biggest plot twist (the bad guy is really a good guy under cover) by bringing it to light in the first third of the film which turns it into a simple good guy chasing the other good guy. There would've been much more in the way of dramatic tension if they'd left the undercover guy's cover in place, making you wonder if the good guy was chasing the wrong guy. Still, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce are good foils for each other so we get to see a good little film with lots of running and shooting and exploding. It's almost as good as Body of lies.
The drama, spy, thriller movie Traitor is directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff and stars Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels.
M (Terrorism themes, violence and coarse language)
114 minutes (1:54 hours)
Film: 6 November 2008
