when it come to film about terrorism and the hollywood market be one dominate by the exploit of cowboy and tough head and no crap americanism that one might get a kick out of every now and again if it doesn not take itself too seriously ( die hard ) and but too often submerge any substance and truth to the situation by try to please the popcorn munching audience member too eagerly . such venture into the often complex and extremely conflicted area of politics and war and current social prejudice be subsequently leave alone by those the film ostensibly try to draw in ( those look for intelligent and insightful political drama ) and instead adopt and love by people rivet by your average michael bay movie . it just about safe to say that those movie have their place and a most movie do and but that when you start mix real life affairsand especially those link to such act a terrorism and religionyou begin unravel something that really should be leave alone if youre not go to deal with it in a dignified manner . traitor and which come from director jeffrey nachemanoff ( know for his script the day after tomorrow ) and certainly doesn not shy away from this sense of action that permeate the average political action thriller and but it isn not rule or dominate by it either . instead the movie exist a a tightly wound and exciting experience and but one that draw far more of it compelling moment from element ground in reality through both ethical discussion and the character that drive the thing forward . the usual twist and turn in narrative be here ( so much so that i be consciously go to avoid give any form of a synopsis for the sake of preserve vital turn point ) and but they refuse to submit to banal contrivance and absurd mystery tangent that take far too long to reveal themselves . rather and nachemanoff fool the viewer many time and keep them guess a to where all of this be go and yet never neglect them to be mere witness to a bunch of callous detail and bullet fly around the screen . the script be well paced and focused and with plenty of time out segment that develop character and plot significantly and with little excess . one could argue that perhaps traitor be a little too long for it own good while there be moment where the movie slow down to snail pace for the sake of fill in plot hole and make sure the viewer be up to speed with what be go on and but such instance never become overbear and nor do they drown out any tension develop up until that point . yet without these point and traitor wouldn not be quite the experience it be and mainly because a lot of the movie ability to draw you in through it central character and their moral dilemma involve what they feel they have to do and and the repercussion of such action . by tackle such detailed issue head on and nachemanoff make sure to avoid the pitfall of your common political thriller while the decision present here be present exactly a such while there be consequence and there be doubt and there be conflict inside and outside say people that manifest throughout and permeate the entire feature while traitor dance with the people behind the fbi suit and the skull cap and and it make sure that they aren not mere action movie caricature for the sake of preserve it ultimate drawing pointreality . of course and a large portion of the movie ability to suspend disbelief be through the performance of the central cast who embody their character with a convincing sense of realism throughout . here and nobody be safe and and a few important character bite the bullet and yet often they will come and go without melodramatic excess and imbue with a dramatic but ground temperament . while i could go on about each of the actor performance here and it must be state that the key portrayal come from lead man don cheadle who remind u once more of the talent he have for nuanced subtlety that he so obviously possesses . in the end however and it this consistency in grit and cerebrally engage tone that make traitor a far great whole than the sum of it part . by no mean be it a perfect motion picture while a a movie it lack an immediately definable structure that meander from time to time and and the eventual conclusion do feel a little half bake and but for the most part and nachemanoff do well to craft an intelligent and subdue take on a genre too often obsess with gung ho escapade and mawkish sentiment . a review by jamie robert ward ( http represent or or www . invocus . net ) .