Traitor (DVD) Reviews

Starring Guy Pearce and Don Cheadle Genre...The War on Terror Suited to....war film fans Certificate -13? Traitor is the latest in a long line of offerings in the post 911, "War on Terror" genre, these movies coming thick and fast now like the body bags piling up out there in the desert to be loaded on to C140s ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Political thrillers are well and truly a dime a dozen, but every so often, one does come along that's a little more focused and cleverer than the rest. Traitor isn't without its narrative flaws, but it's very well performed, and features some knockout performances from its ...  Read the complete review

Traitor is a gripping thriller that is well worth seeing, it might no boast a top ranking cast of Hollywood celebrities, Guy Parce and Jeff Daniels were the two main names that I recognised but that does not detract from the overall quality of this terrorist based action film. Don Cheadle stars as Samir who as a child witnessed his ...  Read the complete review

Usually, attempts to make a film concerning a combination of terrorism and religion end up with exaggeration that entertains the western world and offends others. Traitor does enough to maintain a bit more distance from the 'blame', and while it still depicts a predominantly Muslim collective as the villains, it does deal with issues with a ...  Read the complete review

Samir Horn is an ex-US Army officer and also used to work for US Special Forces too, so it's a surprise when he appears to be linked with a terrorist group intent on blowing up bombs across America in revenge for their people. FBI Agent Roy Clayton is investigating the suspected terrorist group, and together with his colleague Max Archer, the pair ...  Read the complete review