When straight-arrow agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) assumes command of a special FBI task force, he becomes entangled in a web of covert operations. All the clues in Clayton's investigation point to Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), a former Special Ops soldier who now aids terrorists. But as Clayton digs deeper and contradictory evidence begins to emerge, he begins to question Horn's motives.
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If you're looking for a neat-and-tidy, blurb-tastic way to sum up "Traitor," it's this: It's "Donnie Brasco" with explosives.
This globe-trotting, partially engaging thriller has Don Cheadle as Samir Horn, a former U.S. military man and devout Muslim who has gone rogue and is selling explosives to the highest bidder. A man of Sudanese and American descent who saw his daddy blown up in a car bombing, he'd rather serve time in a Yemeni prison than collaborate with the FBI (led by Guy Pearce with a Southern twang), after an ambush sends him there. (Full review)