Traitor Page #3

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
871 Views


There are 1.2 billion Muslims

in this world.

Only 20% of them are Arab.

These people could look

like anybody, except maybe you.

What, so you don't think

we should be profiling these guys?

I just think we should be

concentrating on the one suspect

that we do have.

We train to kill, but it doesn't

mean that we love violence.

We use violence only because

it has been used against us.

The crusaders have invade our land,

drop bombs on our people,

stole our natural resources.

We are fighting to end the suffering.

We are fighting to end

the humiliation and murder of...

The Americans accuse us

of killing innocent civilians.

Yet they have been spilling the blood

of innocent Muslims for decades.

Does our blood not count?

Allahu Akbar.

History has shown us

that time and time again

no matter how great the empire,

no matter how difficult the odds,

a man who is not afraid to die

can never be defeated.

Allahu Akbar.

Allahu Akbar.

Thank you.

Your son is in a lot of trouble.

What sort of trouble?

He's involved

with a terrorist organization.

Do you believe in God,

Detective Clayton?

Uh, we don't use the term

"Detective," ma'am.

You didn't answer my question.

Yes, I do believe in God.

Why do you ask?

Because you will never understand

a man like Samir if you don't.

Would you describe him

as a devout Muslim?

He's Muslim.

I don't believe there is a sliding scale.

Do you know

what the word "Islam" means?

"Submission."

Yes. "Submission."

Submission to God's will

is absolute.

Do you think Samir believes

it's God's will for him to kill others?

You carry a gun yourself.

Now, you didn't answer my question.

My son has seen enough death

to understand the value of life.

Who is it?

FBI, ma'am.

It's about Samir Horn.

Now, the State Department hasn't answered

any of my letters for weeks.

I mean, I don't even know

what prison he's being held in.

Well, he's not being held anymore.

He has escaped.

When?

A week ago.

It was a prison break organized

by the terrorist group he's working with.

What are you talking about?

I mean, this whole thing is a mistake.

I'm afraid it's not, ma'am.

We have evidence.

- What evidence?

- That's classified.

- I can't tell you that.

- Yeah, of course it is.

You people are incredible.

How long has it been

since you've seen him?

I don't remember.

If you want to help Samir,

you should talk to me.

Do you think that every

Muslim man is a terrorist?

On the contrary.

I am, however,

looking for those who are.

Now if you have any knowledge

of what he's been involved in,

you do have an obligation

to share that with me.

Are you charging me with anything?

No, I'm not.

When you have something more

than secret evidence,

then I'll talk to you.

Uh, they just fired him.

No explanation.

But, uh, it was pretty obvious why.

How did Samir take it?

How do you think?

So why did you let Mr. Horn go?

Jeez, that was over a year ago.

I don't recall the details.

The information that we gather

for these types of background checks

is strictly confidential.

Look, as far as I'm concerned,

a man's religion is his own business.

But when you wear a skullcap

and pray to Allah five times a day,

people are gonna notice.

Some of our clients complained.

Horn gets to Chicago when he's 12.

He's just watched his father die.

He's arrived from Sudan.

He's going through culture shock.

It's a classic profile.

He's caught between

traditional Islam and the West.

His test scores are off the charts.

But it said he had

some behavioral problems.

He was kicked out of high school

his senior year for getting into a fight.

About what?

Three white students

were harassing a black girl.

Horn intervened.

Two of the boys

had to be hospitalized.

Now he enlisted in the military

right after that.

His Army file was classified.

But here's a copy.

After he leaves the Army,

Horn fights in Afghanistan

for a few years.

The list of people he could have met there

is practically a who's who of Islamic terrorists,

from Abdul Azim

to Osama bin Laden.

Now we pretty much lose track of him

until he shows up in Bosnia

where he meets Chandra Dawkin,

the photojournalist.

- Is she a spy?

- No.

The FBI tried to question her,

but my source says

she was uncooperative.

Last fall is when things

seemed to change.

He loses his job, spends more

and more time at the mosque.

Then he begins disappearing

on these long trips overseas.

Last one he never comes back from.

And somewhere along the way

he meets up with someone

who's connected with Nathir and bingo!

You got yourself a terrorist.

Boom!

If this were the real thing,

he could have blown everybody up.

Come on, Omar.

This kid is too young.

He's not ready.

I'm telling you.

I'm sorry.

Let me try again.

No. Nobody cares

about you being sorry.

We cannot have mistakes.

We can't play around with this sh*t, Omar.

Bring me somebody who can do it.

Please. I can do this.

Give me a chance.

Is this mission important or not?

'Cause if it's important,

you need to bring...

Samir.

Let him try again.

Turn around.

All right.

Let's see what you have.

There's a copy of the transcript

printing out for you know, sir.

I got something.

This guy made a call yesterday

from a phone in Marseilles

that we've been sitting on.

Claims he's been selected

to become shahid.

You picking up a little Arabic?

Ah, just your basic "Jihady".

Now Clayton, this one's operational.

This cat thinks he's gonna be

in Paradise by the end of the week.

Brothers, I know

how proud everybody is

about what we're going to do.

It's an honor to carry out

a mission like this.

But we have a problem.

Somebody talked about it.

Hey, guys. I'm sorry.

It was just my cousin.

Omar, I didn't tell him

anything specific.

I just wanted him to know,

to tell my family.

Omar, he can be trusted.

I swear.

It wasn't for you to decide.

Okay. Okay.

It will never happen again.

Omar. Wait a minute.

Don't let them...

Guys, hey!

Bashir!

No! Laissez-moi!

Laissez-moi!

No!

Hey, stupid!

You just ruined the mission.

What the hell is wrong with you?

You gonna put the bomb on now?

Listen to me.

The boy was a liability.

Samir, we don't allow liabilities.

We are very happy to welcome you,

but it was not necessary

for you to come all the way here

over one phone call.

We have reason to believe

that this particular phone booth

has been used by

Nathir's operatives in the past.

This could very well be

their next suicide bomber.

Thank you for the information,

monsieur,

but the situation is under control,

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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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