a few year ago and don cheadle rise to the top of the acting world with dynamite performance in hotel rwanda and the ocean series and crash and and traffic . he even get to fight in rush hour 2. so it should come a no surprise that cheadle be electrify and deep in this film and and it be his performance that make the film what it be represent a deeply engross political thriller that will definitely make the audience think about the movie and and of course and the current state of affair in our world . traitor do a very good job of step on the audience toe with some line that could have be consider prejudiced and and then catch themselves with actual truth about the war in the middle east and in addition to religions themselves . this obviously take place in the dialog of the character and particularly those of cheadle and guy pearce . the film dialog be well write and make up for the sometimes slow pacing scene that take awhile to transpire . i have already heap my praise on don cheadle and but i will do it a little bit more . one of the crucial plot point be the true allegiance of his character and and it be the subtlety of his performance that will keep you guess what side he be fight for and though when the answer be finally reveal and you will think you know all along . some call this predictable . i call it great act . guy pearce deliver a winner of a show as well a the straight edge fbi agent chasing after cheadle and though his character have be do to death and to be honest . neal mcdonough be somewhat annoy in a supporting role a pearce partner ( though i think neal be annoy anyway . ) and while jeff daniel be a nice addition to the team . i think another great performance come from say taghmaoui and a cheadle terrorist partner . after one of the good villainous performance of the year in vantage point and taghmaoui delivers a performance just a deep and rivet a cheadle . this guy be one of the more underrated performer around and and he should get more work outside of be a terrorist . i like the character development within the script and but i have some issue with the pacing of the film and which i will take up with our director . the film seem slow at time and a i be constantly wait for a particular moment to happen and while 5 pace scene would come in the way like a roadblock and just aggravate me a bit . it nitpicking and but some of the action be a little nauseating because of the camera . stand still and yo . a decent plot twist within the end of the film doesn not hurt at all and and add a great element of surprise and depth to some character . all in all and traitor be definitely worth a watch if youre look to see something different to escape what be usually the graveyard for film . august . cheadle performance alone be worth the ticket . taghmaoui as well .