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Release Date: Aug. 27

Director: Jerry Nachmanoff

Writers: Jerry Nachmanoff (screenplay), Jerry Nachmanoff and Steve Martin (story)

Cinematographer: J. Michael Muro

Starring: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce,Saïd Taghmaoui

Studio/Run Time: Overture Films, 113 mins.

One of the classic film plots is the story of the double-agent, the person that works for the other side so long that they eventually become what they’re fighting against. Traitor takes this concept and attempts to update it for the 21^st century.  Don Cheadle plays Samir Horn, a former U.S. Special Ops agent with heavy experience in explosives. He’s used by a possibly-rogue F.B.I. agent to infiltrate a group of Islamic terrorists, with his own religious devotion acting as both a cover and a curse throughout his time. But as the film’s title suggests, he’s a traitor to at least one group, and when the film is at its best, it's hard to say which group he's betraying.

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