OnTraitor

Traitor is a good movie that you will never regret to spend your time watching it. Unlike many spy thrillers that bombard the audience with senseless violence and one-sided good vs. evil, “Traitor” is the best of them all. The real standout is Don Cheadle, great as the main character and his performance shows that he can do great action too with potential in more roles in the action genre. Guy Pearce is also good as FBI agent Roy Clayton with a hard, somewhat cynical edge who was determined to get the job done no matter what the odds. Also worth mentioning is Saïd Taghmaoui whose role really shines as the bad guy whose comradeship between him and Cheadle leads to a tragic end.
Overall, a great spy thriller. There’s action but not too much that detracts from the focus of the story and for once more importantly, it doesn’t fall into typical Hollywood bravado that’s so prevalent in today’s movies and instead presents both sides of the argument and leaves the viewer with a bunch of questions. One of the best spy thrillers I’ve seen this year.