TRAITOR is one of those post-BOURNE thrillers to come out that openly apes the style of Paul Greengrass in THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. It features randomly shaky camera-work (which isn't as easy to get right as it sounds) and a thumpingly dramatic soundtrack that directly apes the music in the Matt Damon films. Saying that, it's more of a political than an action thriller.The story sees Don Cheadle as a bomb-maker working with Arab terrorists to attack America. The first problem you notice is that the film has a low budget by Hollywood standards and pretty much all of the money has been spent on assembling the cast and shooting in various international backdrops. The story prioritises conflicted characters over dramatic external events, but the problem is that what takes place is very familiar and some of the twists are widely telegraphed in advance. Cheadle and the likes of Guy Pearce and Neal McDonough give solid performances but overall I found this to be a film that goes through the motions rather than offering anything new.

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.

well in small words in this movie i hated to see Muslims whole target in live is to kill Americans , That's what the movie said & show that it doesn't matter what Muslims look like or even if they have different opinions , at the end they gonna suicide & kill people . isn't that just lame !! Samir told his American girlfriend that he don't believe in killing civilians & give her many justification , Then he simply do kill civilians with no regard to his justifications , That one way or another showed me that you can't trust in any Muslim point of view , No matter how many view ,justifications he gave , as long as at the end he is gonna show his black heart against you .

Great beginning and ending, boring middle This is a movie that dragged me through few moods, interesting beginning, boring too detailed, slow middle part and pretty good ending with a great twist. If this movie would have fallen in the hands of more experienced director could have been quite better especially that middle part, though for a debut this is a well done job.The story is seen before, but the characters are better developed than usual and there are thoughtful debates. Though there are characters important for the story but neglected like Cheadle's romantic interest (there is no connection between the two at all) and the character played by Daniels, who as an experienced actor could have been used much better.However, big improvement for the genre, more meaningful and deeper.If you liked this, check the excellent TV Series Sleeper Cell.