Once the pieces fall into place, it loses momentum, meandering towards a contrived climax in which all ambiguity is swept aside and the forces of righteous democracy prove reassuringly triumphant.
Traitor
The truth is complicated.
2008 · 1h 54m · PG-13
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
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Traitor
Overview
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.
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Top critics, in their words
A good political action movie that makes you use your brain a little bit.
It was complicated but ultimately it failed in that attempt to deliver a complicated message.
Let's just say this is a well paced thriller with a strong cast -- it's good to see Guy Pearce on screen -- but the terrorist threat which obsessed the recent Bush administration has been dwarfed by a couple of things...
Promising premise devolves into a by-the-numbers espionage thriller.
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