Review of Traitor (2008) by Chads. — 27 Aug 2008

To accrue more cred as a practicing Islamic extremist, Samir Horn(Don Cheadle) impresses the Muslim affiliates of his terrorist cell, by coordinating the detonation of an American consulate. Eight people die in the blast, a number that's horrific, to be sure, but not catastrophic enough to affect vicissitude in the U.

S. Special Operation officer's license for fighting the jihadists. Keeping the collateral damage at a minimum is a plot contrivance which allows "Traitor" to remain a pop entertainment that makes geopolitics digestible for everybody's comfort.

If the number of casualties approached the upper reaches of, say, a hundred, sticking to the "Donnie Brasco" formula would become more problematic, if not, impossible. A blurring between both factions of Islamic faith already exists when Samir triggers that remote on the Nice building.

By default, his actions turn him into a double agent. Samir is actually caught in no man's land, but "Traitor" can't risk political incorrectness by implying that all Muslims are terrorists.

Since the terrorist act is deemed a necessary evil when it's performed in the name of vigilantism, Samir isn't a terrorist, because American lives weigh more than Muslim ones.