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Review - Traitor

August, 26th | IN THEATERS |

TRAITOR [PG-13]
review by Robert Newton

Don Cheadle leads an engaging and pedigreed cast in first-time director Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s tense thriller Traitor, in which Cheadle plays Samir Horn, a deep-cover government operative who may or may not be working with the terrorist cell he has infiltrated to stage a series of bombings across America’s heartland. The screenplay, which Nachmanoff also penned (sharing a story credit with Steve Martin), is a far cry from the formulaic fodder that was his script for the 2004 floater, “The Day After Tomorrow.” It is a smartly-acted slow-burn with a payoff that comes in the form of one of the best endings ever.

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