Traitor (2008)

Director:

Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Nachmanoff (screenplay)
Steve Martin (story) ...
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Release Date:

27 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The truth is complicated.

Plot:

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Bomb | FBI | Escape | FBI Agent

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Don Cheadle	...	Samir Horn
Guy Pearce	...	Roy Clayton
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Omar
Neal McDonough	...	Max Archer
Alyy Khan	...	Fareed
Archie Panjabi	...	Chandra Dawkin
Raad Rawi	...	Nathir
Hassam Ghancy	...	Bashir
Mozhan Marnò	...	Leyla (as Mozhan Marno)
Adeel Akhtar	...	Hamzi
Jeff Daniels	...	Carter
Lorena Gale	...	Dierdre Horn
Scali Delpeyrat	...	Inspector Gilles
Mehdi Ortelsberg	...	Ali (as Medhi Ortelsberg)
Aizoun Abdelkader	...	Ahmed
Mohamed Choubi	...	Security Force Captain
Farid Regragui	...	Wadi (as Farid Ragragui)
Habib Hamdane	...	Scarecrow (as Hamdane Habibe)
Youness Sardi	...	Omar's Crew
Joseph Beddelem	...	Omar's Crew
Alaa Safi	...	Omar's Crew (as Alaa Oumouzoune)
Tom Barnett	...	Andrew Kelly
Simon Reynolds	...	Ted Blake
Matt Gordon	...	Simon
Patrick Rodney Barnes	...	Suicide Bomber #1 (as P. Rodney Barnes)
Shahla Kareen	...	Suicide Bomber #2
Ali Momen	...	Suicide Bomber #3
Paulino Nunes	...	Suicide Bomber #4
Alexandra Castillo	...	Dark Haired Woman (as Alex Castillo)
Jeff Kassel	...	Software Company Manager
Mike McPhaden	...	Computer Tech
Dani Jazzar	...	Munir
Jonathan Walker	...	Hayes (as Jonathan Lloyd Walker)
José Heuze	...	Alvarez (as José Heuzé)
Scott Wickware	...	Dupree
Elias Zarou	...	Iqbal
Catherine Galloway	...	BBC Reporter
Myriam Blanckaert	...	Inspector Gilles' Deputy
Nick Alachiotis	...	Ship Crew Member
Alex Poch-Goldin	...	FBI Surveillance Agent
Natasha Roy	...	Translator #1
Yassine Mamadou	...	Samir (10 Years Old)
Omar Mamadou	...	Samir's Father
Mostafa Hnini	...	Fake Policeman (as Mostafa Hniny)
Michaël Troude	...	Spanish Patrolman (as Michael Troude)
Rodriguez Gelos	...	Tour Group Employee (as Alfonso Rodriguez Gelos)
Ron Bell	...	Bus Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suzy Brack	...	Redhead on Bicycle (uncredited)
David Clark	...	Security Agent (uncredited)
Sima Fisher	...	Computer Girl (uncredited)
Robert Karn	...	Terrorist (uncredited)
John Rainone Jr.	...	Business Executive (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeffrey Nachmanoff		(screenplay)
Steve Martin		(story) and
Jeffrey Nachmanoff		(story)

Produced by
Ashok Amritraj	....	executive producer
Don Cheadle	....	producer
Steve Gaub	....	associate producer
Arlene Gibbs	....	executive producer
David Hoberman	....	producer
Kay Liberman	....	executive producer
Todd Lieberman	....	producer
Steve Martin	....	executive producer
Glynis Murray	....	producer: London
Anjalika Mathur Nigam	....	associate producer
Richard Schlesinger	....	co-producer
Jeffrey Silver	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Kilian

Cinematography by
J. Michael Muro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Billy Fox

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Robin D. Cook
Nicole Hilliard-Forde
Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Laurence Bennett

Art Direction by
Rocco Matteo		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Jaro Dick

Costume Design by
Gersha Phillips

Makeup Department
Mariam Lee Abounouom	....	makeup artist: Morocco (as Mariam Abounouom)
Amber Chase	....	makeup artist
Veronica Ciandre	....	key hair stylist
Reynald Desbant	....	hair stylist: Marseille
Liz Gruszka	....	key makeup artist (as Elizabeth Gruszka)
Jérôme Jardin	....	makeup artist: Marseille (as Jerome Jardin)
Khadija Najahi	....	hair stylist: Morocco
Kelly Shanks	....	hair stylist
Johann Benét	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Ahmed Abounouom	....	production manager
Deb LeFaive	....	unit production manager
Valerie Flueger Veras	....	post-production supervisor (as Valerie Flueger)
Omar Veytia	....	production manager: Mexico

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Noureddine Aberdine	....	first assistant director
Lofti Aït Jaoui	....	third assistant director
Matt Birman	....	second unit director
Simon Board	....	first assistant director
Adam Bocknek	....	third assistant director
Olivier Bouffard	....	first assistant director: France
Harvey Drouelle	....	assistant director: second unit, France
Harvey Drouelle	....	second second assistant director
Mouhssine El Badaoui	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Linda Gabbay	....	second second assistant director: France
Mustapha Grumij	....	third assistant director
Clément Inglesakis	....	second assistant director: France
Grant Lucibello	....	second assistant director
Neesha Patki	....	assistant director: second unit
Neesha Patki	....	third assistant director
Michael Peleshok	....	third assistant director (as Mike Peleshok)
Tom Petch	....	second unit director
Stefan Rand	....	second second assistant director: re-shoots
Cecilia Testa	....	second assistant director: UK

Art Department
Rory Cheyne	....	graphic artist
Jody Lynn Clement	....	first assistant art director (as Jody Clements)
Xavier Floris	....	assistant art director: Marseille
Valérie Grall	....	art director: Marseille (as Valerie Grall)
Pascal Gras	....	carpenter
Patricia Larman	....	second assistant art director
Lionel Mathis	....	set decorator: Marseille
Paul Mauris-Blanc	....	construction coordinator: Marseille
Jeff Mawle	....	assistant property master
Craig McLauchlan	....	standby carpenter
Elizabeth Moran	....	art department coordinator
Chris Pellegrini	....	property master
François Peyon	....	set decorator: Marseille
Eric Pierard	....	property master: Marseille
Enrico Pittiglio	....	head painter: Marseille
John 'Butch' Rose	....	lead man
Dominique Sinibaldi	....	set sculptor
Matthew Alan Taylor	....	storyboard artist
Jennifer Wood	....	set decoration buyer
Serge Borgel	....	field art (uncredited)
Aziz Hamichi	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Ian C. Harris	....	daily construction laborer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Sean Paul Armstrong	....	second boom operator
Brian Dunlop	....	foley editor
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
Robert Jackson	....	supervising sound editor (as Robert C. Jackson)
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Adam Mohundro	....	sound utility
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist
Leslie Shatz	....	sound designer
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Leslie Shatz	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
John J. Thomson	....	sound mixer
Callie Thurman	....	assistant sound editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Nourdine Zaoui	....	sound technician
Alan Zielonko	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Mohamed Ali Aguermin	....	special effects: Morocco (as Mohamed Ali Aqermin)
Jacob Riewe Henriksen	....	special effects assistant
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects supervisor: Marseilles and Morocco
Hummer Høimark	....	special effects supervisor: Ghost VFX (as Hummer Hojmark)
Tony Kenny	....	special effects coordinator
Christian Kitter	....	special effects coordinator: Ghost VFX
Mark Kitter	....	special effects technician: Ghost VFX
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects coordinator: Marseilles
Sylvie Rousselin	....	special effects: Marseilles
Martin Thomsen	....	special effects technician: Ghost VFX

Visual Effects by
Danny Albano	....	visual effects artist: Technicolor Digital Services
Patrick L. Almanza	....	digital compositor: Look Effects (as Patrick Almanza)
Greg Astles	....	2D supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Adam Avitabile	....	Flame artist: Look Effects
Jamie Baxter	....	compositor: XY & Z Visual Effects
Darren A. Bell	....	visual effects executive producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Darren Bell)
Derek Bird	....	compositor: Look Effects
Tom Burton	....	visual effects supervisor: Technicolor Digital Services
Dominic Cheung	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures
Jeppe N. Christensen	....	visual effects supervisor: Ghost VFX (as Jeppe Nygaard Christensen)
Daniel Claesson	....	digital compositor
Michael Collins	....	compositor: Look Effects
David Di Biase	....	graphical user interface designer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Henrik Fett	....	visual effects supervisor: Look Effects
Jordan Flanagan	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Greg Gibbons	....	matte painter: Intelligent Creatures
Sascha Alexander Haber	....	lead compositor
Thomas Hansen	....	digital compositor: Ghost VFX
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects production executive: Intelligent Creatures
Rikke Hovgaard Jørgensen	....	visual effects coordinator
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels
Daniel Karlsson	....	digital compositor
Louis Kim	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Ken Kimble	....	visual effects artist: Technicolor Digital Services
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Claus Kogsbøll	....	animator
Lev Kolobov	....	visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Karen Krause	....	visual effects producer: Technicolor Digital Services
Martin Kupski	....	matte painter
Matthew Lynch	....	visual effects bidding producer: Intelligent Creatures
Vlad Lysik	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Julian MacDougald	....	visual effects producer: Technicolor Digital Services
Roger Mocenigo	....	digital compositor: XY&Z
Lon Molnar	....	visual effects production executive: Intelligent Creatures
Michael Morreale	....	visual effects executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc. (as Michael J. Morreale)
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Jeff Newton	....	3D supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Chris Nokes	....	visual effects line producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Sarah Obacz	....	visual effects coordinator: Technicolor Digital Services
Jeremy Oddo	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc.
Scott Parker	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Daniel Paulsson	....	digital compositor
Neil Rafuse	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Rebecca Ramsey	....	look effects
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer
Scott Riopelle	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Michael Roderick	....	compositor: Amalgamated Pixels
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Avi Salem	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Andy Simonson	....	visual effects producer
Martha Soehendra	....	digital compositor
Paul Stemmer	....	visual effects editor
Tammy Sutton	....	compositor: Amalgamated Pixels (as Tammy Sutton-Walker)
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Mike Uguccioni	....	visual effects supervisor
Sarah Wormsbecher	....	associate visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures
Thomas Øhlenschlæger	....	digital compositor
Ole Bukowsky	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Nick Alachiotis	....	stunt actor
Susana Baker	....	stunt performer
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunt player
Christian Bergner	....	stunts
Matt Birman	....	stunt coordinator
Spencer Birman	....	stunt performer
Eric Etje	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator: Marseilles and Morocco
Christian Hening	....	stunts
Liise Keeling	....	stunts
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunt rigger
Alice Naigeon	....	stunts
Cheryl Quiacos	....	stunts
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Todd Rogers Terry	....	stunt driver
Alicia Turner	....	stunt performer
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunt rigger
Gunther Van Severen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Berube	....	lighting technician
Lee Blasingame	....	key first assistant camera
Raphael Boettger	....	daily grip
Lyamani Bouhmdi	....	best boy electric (as El Yamani Bouhamdi)
Michel Bouquerel	....	extra electrician
Rocky Brown	....	daily grip
Andre Chemetoff	....	additional assistant camera: "a" camera
Ira Cohen	....	gaffer
Marie Collet	....	rigging grip
Jeff Dasilva	....	a-camera assistant
Jean-François Dubut	....	grip
Hugues Espinasse	....	focus puller
Carson T. Foster	....	daily rigging grip
Grégori Gajéro	....	second assistant camera
Peter Gmehling	....	24 frame video operator
Malek Haneen	....	second assistant camera
Bob Harper	....	key grip
Wilton Higgins	....	grip
Mark W. Hindle	....	24 frame video operator
Jamie Hodgson	....	second generator operator
Lewis Hume	....	second assistant camera: London
Simon Hume	....	assistant camera: London
Mouna Khaali	....	second assistant camera
Peter Kuttner	....	first assistant: "a" camera, Chicago
Said Lagbouri	....	assistant camera
Derek Lang	....	24 frame video operator
Philippe Leroy	....	electrician
John V. Lindsay	....	camera operator (as John Lindsay)
Philip Lozano	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Sean Marjoram	....	daily electrician
Driss Marzak	....	gaffer
Chris Mierzwinski	....	assistant camera
Rafy	....	still photographer
Nicolas Ragetly	....	rigging grip
Kurt E. Soderling	....	aerial director of photography (as Kurt Soderling)
Kamaleddine Talmi	....	grip
Vincent Tulasne	....	video assist operator
Richard Weber	....	rigging gaffer
Shawn White	....	gaffer: UK
Kit Whitmore	....	camera operator
Kit Whitmore	....	director of photography: second unit
Mark N. Woods	....	technocrane operator: Chicago reshoot
Jaime Dawkins	....	remote head technician: Chicago re-shoot (uncredited)
Ian C. Harris	....	rigging electrician: daily (uncredited)
Patrick Krauter	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Salah Benchegra	....	casting: Morocco (as Salaheddine Benchegra)
Kate Dowd	....	casting: UK
Fabienne Dubois	....	extras casting: Marseille
Saad Fekhari	....	casting assistant
Darlene R. Hunt	....	extras casting
Jane Rogers	....	extras casting
Erin Toner	....	casting associate
Catherine Petra Villalobos	....	casting associate
Lisa Zagoria	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Granfield	....	background wardrobe
Roslyn Hanchard	....	assistant costume designer
Damion Saliani	....	assistant set supervisor
Marcia Scott	....	key costumer: Marseille, Marrakech
Bonnie Sutherland	....	costume set supervisor
Jenny Svantesson	....	wardrobe
Hassan Taghriti	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Mo Henry	....	negative manager
Gregg Schaublin	....	digital intermediate producer
Damien Smith	....	first assistant editor
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor
Trevor White	....	colorist: Technicolor Toronto

Music Department
Marcel Adjibi	....	vocalist
Murray Anderson	....	music recordist: solo instrument
Bunny Andrews	....	music editor: temp score (as Bunny K. Andrews)
Kevin Barrans	....	music librarian
Sandy Chila	....	musician: electric guitar ambiences
Marissa S. Enhus	....	vocalist
Tobias Enhus	....	synthesizer programmer
Wolfgang Funk	....	music recordist: solo instrument
El Hamad	....	musician: oud abdallha
George Hamad	....	musician: electric violin
Denholm Harding	....	musician: percussion
Brent Harris	....	musician: percussion
Alan Haskel	....	assistant to composer
Simon James	....	music contractor
Brendan Jury	....	musician: solo viola
Mark Kilian	....	conductor
Roman Kovalik	....	assistant to composer
Kory Kruckenberg	....	recording engineer
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
M.C. Rai	....	musician: percussion (as MC Rai)
David Sabee	....	music contractor
Matt Shelton	....	music editor
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Joseph Trapanese	....	synthesizer programmer (as Joe Trapanese)
Brian Valentino	....	music recordist
Ben Watters	....	assistant to composer
El Yathribi	....	musician: ney badr

Transportation Department
Khalid Asmour	....	driver: cast
Khalid Asmour	....	transportation co-captain
Jason McCormack	....	driver: honeywagon
Hicham Regragui	....	transportation coordinator
Carl Severin	....	transportation co-captain
Evan Siegel	....	picture car coordinator
Ian C. Harris	....	daily driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Amanda Alden	....	production coordinator
Abdel-Khalig Ali	....	dialect coach: Arabic
Geoffrey Ashley	....	assistant: Ms. Liberman
Mohamed Atbir	....	production assistant
Christel Baridon	....	production secretary
Gina Boulougouris	....	payroll accountant
Coralie Brady	....	location scout
Derek Brady	....	location scout
Rina Brannen	....	assistant: Mr. Nachmanoff
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Ken Dhaliwal	....	legal counsel
Hicham El Ghorfi	....	action cars coordinator
Taylor Estell	....	office production assistant
Kim Ferandelli	....	assistant: Mr. Hoberman
Sean Furst	....	production executive
Ray Gaffoor	....	production assistant
Steve Holt	....	on-set medic
Holli Hopkins-McGinley	....	set production assistant: reshoots (as Holli Hopkins)
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement
Ryan Keaveney	....	production secretary
Abazar Khayami	....	assistant: Mr. Nachmanoff
Yana Collins Lehman	....	post-production accountant
Marc Leroyer	....	armorer
Garry Maher	....	second assistant accountant
Gabriel Mamruth	....	payroll accountant
Chris Marsland	....	dailies transfer
Sandra Matossi	....	production accountant
Peter McKernan	....	aerial coordinator: pilot
Peter McKernan	....	pilot
Adam Meaden	....	location production assistant
Robert Milicevic	....	set security
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach: Mr. Pearce
Mark Moore	....	location scout
Shamu Naidu	....	production assistant
Anjalika Mathur Nigam	....	production supervisor
Michael Patrevito	....	set production assistant: reshoots
Tom Petch	....	technical advisor: military
Gabriel Pérez	....	location manager: Mexico
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Jillian Sabean	....	assistant production coordinator
Daniela Saioni	....	script supervisor
Munir A. Shaikh	....	technical advisor: islam (as Munir Shaikh)
Ahmed Shalaby	....	dialect coach: Arabic
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	boat captain
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	water safety
Jeffrey Simlett	....	dialect coach: Mr. Taghmaoui
Jason Sugars	....	assistant: Mr. Cheadle (as Jason Van Sheffield Sugars)
Adrienne Swan	....	production accountant: reshoots
I. Monica Williams	....	travel coordinator
Rebecca Windsor	....	assistant: Mr. Lieberman
Sean Ban Beaton	....	stand-in for Guy Pearce (uncredited)
Esperanza Casero	....	production accountant (uncredited)
Naomi K. Prescott	....	office production assistant: chicago (uncredited)
Heli Soell	....	assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)

Thanks
Robbie Brenner	....	the producers wish to thank
Lincoln Leibner	....	the producers wish to thank
Peter Singer	....	the producers wish to thank
Frank Wuliger	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Overture Films (presents)
• Mandeville Films
• Hyde Park Entertainment
• Crescendo Productions (as Crescendo)

Distributors

• Overture Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Entertainment (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Palace Pictures (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Argentina Video Home (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Bazuca Films (2010) (Chile) (all media)
• Empire (2009) (Romania) (DVD)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2008) (Romania) (all media)
• Wide Pictures (2009) (Spain) (all media)

Special Effects

• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)
• Ghost ApS (visual effects) (as Ghost VFX)
• XY & Z Visual Effects (additional visual effects)
• LOOK! Effects (additional visual effects)
• Technicolor Digital Services (additional visual effects)
• Amalgamated Pixels (additional visual effects)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)

Other Companies

• Axes Entertainment  production services: Marseilles
• Bastyr University  score recorded at (as Bastyr University Chapel)
• Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cinebridge Productions  production services
• Dune Films  production services: Morocco
• ExtraOrdinary Casting  extras casting
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• Film Source  purchased unused film stock
• Gravy Street Music  music mixed at
• Hollywood-DI  HD screening services
• NBC News Archives  thanks
• NT Audio Services  optical sound negative (as NT Audio)
• Northwest Sinfonia  orchestra
• Runway  post-production services
• Shine  opening titles designed and animated by
• Shine  post-production
• Sky Media Travel  travel agent
• Spacecam Systems  aerial cameras provided by
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  opticals
• Tomboy Films  production services: London
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• Wildfire Studios  editorial facilities
• Wildfire Studios  sound editing and mixing (as Wildfire Post Studios)
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production
• Wildfire Studios  sound re-recording
• William F. White International  lighting and grip equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences, thematic material and brief language

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44487) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Singapore:M18 | Germany:12 | Czech Republic:15 | Norway:15 | Finland:K-13 | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Overture Films

Trivia:

Co-writer/director Jeffrey Nachmanoff met with several intelligence professionals, political observers and other specialists to make his script as realistic as possible.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In a briefing the fact is mentioned some of the terrorists were contacted by payphone in (among others) Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In the Netherlands hardly any payphones are left and as opposed to payphones in the US or the UK, Dutch payphones cannot be called directly, since their number is not displayed or issued anywhere.

Quotes:

Nathir:In chess and in war the key to winning is to anticipate what your opponent will do in advance. Think two moves ahead. The art of asymmetrical warfare is less about inflicting damage than provoking a response. Terrorism is theater. And theater is always performed for an audience. Ours is the American people. But they are dispersed across a large country. The question is how to convince them that nowhere is safe.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "At the Movies: Episode #5.38" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Ayadjidjè

Entertaining but nothing new

Back in my youth it was always the case that movie bad guys were pretty much an uncomplicated bunch. The enemy used to be either Red Indians or The Germans. Then came the IRA (for us Brits ) and the Russians . Sinister foe's who were willing to go that one step further for their cause. Since 9/11 a far more fearful enemy has appeared on the scene. A brain washed enemy that is willing to die in the name of religion - The fundamentalist Muslims . Because of the terrifying prospect of what they have done and what they could do again , Hollywood have jumped on the band wagon and profited from a string of movies about the subject . None of which have been outstanding yet most have been entertaining. Traitor fits perfectly in that bracket .

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. 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,a veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his own agenda and Max Archer, 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.

I like Don Cheadle. I can forgive him for one of the worst ever English accents in the Ocean's films because despite that he is normally very good at his trade. He was brilliant in Boogie Nights and i loved his performance Reign Over Me. His performance is probably the best thing about Traitor.

Although thoroughly entertaining , this film has nothing new in it to recommend it any more than say - The Kingdom or Body of Lies - and if you have seen either of those films you have seen Traitor.

It's good to see Guy Pearce too . A highly underrated actor who has hardly put a foot wrong since his days in the extremely naff Australian Soap Opera "Neighbours". His best performance to date being the lead in the stunning movie "Momento".

This film reminds me a lot of the US TV series " Sleeper Cell" . Don Cheadle's character is asked to basically do the same thing in this as Darwyn Al-Sayeed does did in that show.

To sum up traitor is 2 hours of fast flowing predictable fair that is hard to criticise but is also difficult heap praise on.

7 out of 10