Genre: Action/Adventure, Action, Thriller, Theatrical Release, FBI Agents, Terrorists

 

Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Cast/Crew: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Alyy Khan, Jeff Daniels

 

Description:

TRAITOR is writer/director Jeffrey Nachmanoff's powerful rumination on post-9/11 foreign affairs wrapped up into a taut contemporary spy thriller. Balancing the film's sometimes conflicted ideological heft is Don Cheadle, who turns in a smartly even-keeled performance as Samir Horn, a Sudanese-born, Chicago-raised former U.S. Army Special Forces operative. The action begins with a jarring prologue set in Sudan in 1978, where the young Samir witnesses the murder of his father by car bombing. Jumping swiftly to present day Yemen, Samir, in a dramatically ironic twist, is revealed as a mercenary selling explosives to Muslim extremists. But what is never completely clear throughout TRAITOR's numerous plot-twists is just where Horn's allegiances truly lie: is he an American spy infiltrating a Jihadist plot or a devout Muslim who has traded his sympathies with the West? When an arms sale runs afoul, Samir is jailed in a Yemeni prison where he befriends Omar (Said Taghmaoui), a ringleader of a terrorist organization that is being watched by the F.B.I. A bold prison break is hatched and the pair begins collaborating on a series of bombings throughout Europe. As Samir becomes embroiled in ever-escalating terror plots, it becomes clear that he is duplicitously playing both sides at growing danger to himself and the lives of innocent people. Cut with a breathless, war reportage-styled pace, TRAITOR is an action-packed, suspense-filled thriller whose seemingly equivocal ideological veneer can be summed up as: "In war, there are no winners."

 

Release Notes:

DVD Features: Region 1 Keep Case O-Ring Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78 Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English Subtitles - Spanish - Optional Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary: Jeffrey Nachmanoff - Director; Don Cheadle - Actor Featurette: 1. Action! The Stunts and Special Effects of TRAITOR 2. International Espionage: An In-Depth Look at TRAITOR'S Exotic Locations

 

ItemID: 1192419

 

UPC: 013138001290

 

Catalog Number: ANB 80012

Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)

Rating Reason: for intense violent sequences, thematic material and brief language.

Release Company: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Format: DVD

In Print Date: 12/19/2008

Original Release Year: 2008

Country of Origin: USA

Language: English (Spanish Subtitled)

Closed Caption: No

 

Runtime: 1Hr 54min