Traitor Page #2

Synopsis: Samir Horn is a former soldier, a devout Muslim, and U.S. citizen in the Middle East selling bomb detonators to Islamic radicals. He joins their cause as both the FBI and a rogue CIA agent track him. Horn escapes a Yemeni prison, goes underground in France where he proves his abilities, and is sent to the United States to choreograph a simultaneous and multiple terror attack. Will the intelligence agencies talk to each other, and can Horn be stopped?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Story by: Pamela Dionne
Director(s): Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Production: Overture Films
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2008
114 min
$23,501,463
Website
859 Views


The latest carried out by Nathir,

the Islamic terrorist

whose identity and whereabouts

remain a mystery to authorities.

Do you have a woman?

A family?

No.

You don't want no kids?

I don't have a woman.

What language do you dream in?

English.

Me, too.

Really?

You know, it's funny...

I don't even feel at home

speaking my own language sometimes.

I don't feel at home anywhere.

Samir. Samir?

There is somebody that I want you

to meet when we get out of here.

We're in prison in Yemen for terrorism.

I wouldn't make any plans, man.

(Brake Screeching)

OMAR:

You have a core like ribs

to several months!

SYRIAN MAN:

You have faced a Madigan

to save the kingdom!

ARABIC MAN:

I'm with you!

SYRIAN WOMAN:

No! No!

(SOBBING)

Holy God, my boy! My boy!

SYRIAN MOTHER:

It's okay!

Oh! I killed my boy!

KAYLEIGH:

You have prayed enough

for soldiers to come!

God bless soldiers!

I know my blessing to

fall asleep.

I'm pledged for souls

to keep.

On the angel's gate through

the night, it brightened with

the morning light.

Amen.

(PARADE FANFARE PLAYING)

Oh goodness!

Everybody!

I bought you

something!

The parade is coming!

(ALL CHEERING)

KAYLEIGH:

It'll be fun!

SYRIAN BOY:

Oh, Lord, for the confetti's.

You have a day for me!

(BOTH SCREAMING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

This guy's got to be

in a state of shock.

He planned on waking up

in Paradise with 72 virgins.

Blow yourself up to get laid.

This has got to be some crazy sh*t.

Where I grew up, the Klan burned crosses

in front of people's houses

and called it "Christianity."

And then my daddy

and the folks from the church

would drive over and put 'em out.

Seems every religion

has more than one face.

How you doin'?

Okay, I think I know.

You wish you were dead,

don't ya?

You wish you'd been successful?

I've killed dozens of infidels.

But you're still alive.

And you don't strike me

as a coward.

Of course I'm not a coward.

Well, some people are going

to think you lost your nerve.

I didn't.

You know, tomorrow's newspaper

is going to have your face on the front page

with a story about you being captured

and helping the police.

- That's a lie.

- You survived the blast.

You fell into enemy hands.

I don't think it is a lie.

Who do you think's

gonna have to pay for your failure?

So I'm guessing it'll be

your cousin, Hussein.

He's the one that got you

into all this, right?

Don't be surprised, Ziyad.

We know everything about you...

family, friends...

work, phone records.

We even know

what you listen to on your iPod.

Leave me alone.

There is a way out.

But you're gonna have to

give us some information.

Nobody knows you're alive.

If you answer my questions,

tomorrow's headline could

tell the world that you're dead.

Why should Hussein suffer for this?

Why should everyone

think you're a coward?

Come on, Ziyad.

You talk now or talk later.

The only difference is the story

that everybody's gonna hear about you.

Everything all right, brother?

Have faith.

And stay close.

No, no, no!

No, no, no.

Stay down.

Wait, wait, wait.

Now! Go, go!

- Sh...

- No, no, no, no. Wait, wait.

Come on! Come on!

All I know is I was supposed

to go to America, not Spain.

Nathir was sending a whole bunch of us.

And how many made it in the U. S?

I don't know... 30, 40.

Maybe more.

They were handing out

student visas.

And that's all l...

Nice work.

The confession we got in Spain was clear.

Now, the only reason Ziyad Hamzi

didn't make it into the United States

is because his student visa

was rejected.

But Nathir has sent others

and they are here.

Anybody else have

anything on Nathir?

About six months ago

we picked up an intercept.

Nothing solid but they did talk about

a Al-Nathir operation

code named "Risala"...

an attack with multiple

suicide bombers here in the U.S.

Hold on a sec.

You had intel on a domestic attack

and you didn't pass it on?

It was unsubstantiated.

Well how could it be

if you didn't share it?

Enough. I don't want to hear anymore

about people hoarding intel.

We're taking this threat seriously.

The White House is gonna want action.

I'm talking about a major roundup

of guys who fit this profile.

And everyone works together on this.

- Kelly was pretty worked up.

- So?

So a couple months back

he told me that you were working

an asset inside on Nathir.

That was off the record.

Yeah. I'm just saying maybe, uh...

maybe that guy knows something.

He's gone silent.

For all I know, he's gone over

to the other side.

When the ship docks,

you have a choice.

You can get off and walk away

as a free man.

Our people can get you past customs.

Then you're on your own.

What if I stay?

Our path is not for everyone.

I understand.

I think of you as a friend, Samir.

So I will tell you this.

Do not decide lightly.

- Bonsoir.

- Bonsoir.

Merci beaucoup, ma chrie.

What's the matter?

- It's halal.

- It's a Krug '95, actually.

Don't look so disturbed, Samir.

We shave, we drink alcohol,

and sometimes we even eat pork.

Hmm?

In the Qur'an, it's called Taqiyya.

"Become like your enemy

to deceive your enemy."

That's not Taqiyya.

Excuse me?

With all due respect, Brother Fareed,

the Hadith says that the prophet

Muhammad Sall-Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam

told his followers that they could

lie about being Muslims

to save their lives

if death was imminent.

- It didn't mention...

- Is death not imminent now?

We're at war today.

And to be effective,

you need to blend in.

No one's even looking at us.

I told you, he's not some foot soldier.

Samir is a man of faith.

Faith is good.

But you have to know

how to follow orders, too.

OMAR:

I do so like green eggs and ham.

Thank you, Thank you.

Sam I am.

KAYLEIGH:

Hey, sir?

Is there school tomorrow?

Sure, why not?

Because it's educational

where I attend.

Is it bedtime, yet?

Sure.

Sleep tight, don't let

the bugs bit.

Whenever you do,

I'll tell dad,

(BOTH LAUGHING)

In one of the largest

Homeland Security operations to date,

ICS and FBI agents

are questioning foreign students

who were issued visas

in Middle Eastern countries

over the past two years.

In some major cities,

where there are large numbers...

A number of American

groups have protested the operation,

claiming that it unfairly targets

innocent civilians

and amounts to racial profiling.

The American Civil Liberty's Union

has filed...

...has found that the American

invasion and occupation of Iraq

has helped spawn a new generation

of Islamic radicalism.

Homeland Security...

a waste of time and resources.

We'll never find them this way.

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Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Jeffrey Nachmanoff (born March 9, 1967) is an American screenwriter and director. He wrote the screenplay for the 2004 blockbuster film The Day After Tomorrow. He wrote and directed Traitor, which was released on August 27, 2008. His commercially most successful films have been The Day After Tomorrow, which grossed US$544 million, and The Tourist, which grossed US$278 million. more…

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