Traitor Page #5

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


about any of that, okay?

We need to rethink things.

If you don't succeed,

we may not get another chance.

How far are you willing to take this?

We've got blood on our hands.

We've killed innocent people.

Yeah, and if we stop now,

they'll have died for nothing.

This is a war.

You do what it takes to win.

You know who you sound like, right?

We're the good guys, Samir.

Oh, I know.

Hey!

Remember who you answer to.

I answer to God.

We all do.

- Any problem?

- No.

Omar. Omar, Omar!

Don't! Don't!

Can't blow up unless

there's a detonator in it.

- Don't worry.

- It still makes me nervous.

We gotta talk about

how we're gonna send these e-mails.

What do you mean?

I thought we decided to use coded e-mail.

No, no, we did. We did.

But the problem is e-mails

can get intercepted.

I got a better idea.

We're gonna give each of our people

an e-mail account and a password. All right?

Then when we're ready to go,

we log onto each one,

we write the instructions,

but we don't send them.

We save it as a draft.

The next morning they log on,

they check their unsent messages.

Nothing is sent.

There's nothing

for the FBI to intercept.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I like this.

Here are the names.

There's only ten.

We don't risk putting them

all on one list.

None of them even knows

that the other exists.

Ah. I like that.

As-Salamu Alaykum, sister.

Sorry.

That's okay.

They want that file translated right away.

Sure.

From British Intelligence, huh?

Yeah.

Good night.

Good night.

You have to get out, now.

Leave nothing.

Hold it right there!

Get your hands up!

Right there! Against the wall!

Mr. Raman, how are you?

Perhaps you haven't had time

to read the fine print of the Patriot Act,

but any person operating

a money transmitting business

must register with the U.S. government.

Something you neglected to do,

Mr. Raman.

Now each transfer

in excess of $10,000

can be treated as a separate felony

and each count is punishable

by up to five years in prison.

And you moved over $2 million.

I mean, you are the money guy.

You can do the math.

Now if you choose to cooperate,

the charges against you will be dropped.

The choice is yours.

We'll give you five minutes

to think about it.

Wait!

You having some car trouble?

Yeah, it was making a funny noise.

I think the radiator's loose.

I got a toolbox.

I've been praying for this day to come.

Your prayers

have been answered, brother.

Now these go to the trigger mechanisms.

All you have to do is attach it

to the power source.

This e-mail account

has your final instructions on it.

Chandra.

- Samir!

- Don't, don't, don't, don't!

Pretend we're not talking.

They're probably watching you right now.

Just keep stretching.

Keep stretching.

Samir, what's going on?

I'm sorry. I never meant

to get you mixed up in all of this.

Mixed up in what?

I mean... you didn't have anything to do

with that bombing in France, right?

Just keep stretching.

Samir, I need to know the truth.

The truth is...

it's complicated.

Holy sh*t.

Get on the radio.

Hey.

Did you do...

Did you do what they said?

Yes.

Then you just stop it. Okay?

Whatever...

Whatever you're involved in.

- Chandra...

- Whatever you're doing, you just...

Chandra, listen to me.

I can't stop and I'm not coming back.

You have to forget about me.

Just forget about me.

- No, Samir, listen to me... Samir...

- Let me go. Let me go.

We're on the ground.

No, just keep him in your sight,

but don't move on him yet.

We're on our way.

We're at 128 South Randolph Avenue.

Continuing surveillance undetected

is going to be a problem.

We think he entered that building there, sir.

Who followed him in?

Uh, we were waiting for backup.

You two go around back.

You take the side.

Come on. Let's go.

It's all right.

We're not here for you, fellows.

- I'll take the rooftop.

- Okay.

Ohh!

Agent Clayton.

You're a persistent

son of a b*tch, aren't you?

You're a hard man to catch.

Turn around!

Not too late, Samir.

We can work something out.

Tell 'em to stay put.

You're coming out.

Basement's clear.

I'm coming out.

Copy that.

We have something in common.

My father's a man of God, too.

Yeah? We're practically brothers.

Sit on your hands.

Sit on 'em.

I've read some of your father's teachings.

He's a man of great integrity.

How'd you stray so far

from his way of thinking?

- Your father was a preacher?

- Oh, yeah.

Then you know the Lord's Prayer.

Say it.

Say it.

Our Father, who art in Heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come...

Ohh.

But, Omar,

I wanna see my cousin!

Absolutely not, Kayleigh!

Please, I wanna see him!

Hey, you come back here

before the police come to

get escalated!

Quick, you come back here!

Don't you just let me go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

I cannot let you go, Omar!

I would, I would, I would!

Honor!

Enough!

Jesus, keep your voice down!

Hey, cousin, how's doing?

So much fine!

How did you know?

I had whacked my head

when I hit the ground!

I love you, Omar.

See you soon.

I hope to see you,

Kayleigh.

See you in the afterlife.

He's gone.

And we had guys

everywhere looking for him.

But those basement tunnels...

they run under five

city blocks of buildings.

Yeah. He knew that, too.

He used to live there.

It was in his file.

It didn't occur to me.

I wonder why he let you live.

Because I didn't try to beat

the crap out of him like you did.

Carter, you put a tracker on me?

- Are you crazy?

- The FBI's all over you.

- I'm on a meet!

- Come with me.

I'm on a meet, Carter!

Sh*t. Push me. Push me!

Let's go!

What the hell happened?

Who was that?

It was a cop.

I went to see a woman.

An old girlfriend of mine.

And... And they were watching her,

and then the dude jumped on me.

I didn't even know he was there

until I got to the...

We have to get out of the country tonight.

We've only made contact

with 30 of the bombers.

You better hope that's enough.

And when we see Fareed,

let me talk.

Put your seatbelt on.

This is the car Horn stole

from the projects.

Two of the shell casings

have his prints on them.

The body's over here.

You say you had a federal ID on him?

Yeah. Intelligence contractor.

As-Salamu Alaykum,

Brother Fareed.

Wa alaikum assalam, Omar.

- As-Salamu Alaykum.

- Wa alaikum assalam, Samir.

Good trip?

Um... we had a problem.

Samir has made a small mistake.

- He went to see a woman...

- Chandra Dawkin?

Yeah, Chandra Dawkin.

Listen...

Yeah, but Fareed, the important thing

is that he carried out his mission successfully.

The important thing is...

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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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