Excellent adaptation.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Where to start? This is so ghastly, but perhaps the most damaging stereotype is the 'Muslim sleeper cell' construct, reinforcing the idea that your neighbours are one phonecall away from dropping their suburban lives, strapping on a bomb, and immolating themselves and a bunch of innocent American children and shoppers. It's a disgrace that such films are made, Cheadle should be ashamed of himself.

A long, dense movie about the infiltration of a group of international terrorists, all of whom have interpreted the Qoran in its most terrible aspect, like Christians who have taken literally "an eye for an eye." It's dense in more ways than one because it operates on two levels. One is the action we see on screen; the other is the battle of faiths and allegiances that move the action along. Don Cheadle is the chief infiltrator working under deep cover for an unnamed agency, perhaps the CIA. Nobody but one man, Jeff Daniels, who is accidentally killed, so Cheadle is now a totally unknown agent who belongs to the gang. In a weak performance, Cheadle begins the story as a committed Muslim who sells explosives to terrorists in Yemen. My brain must be atrophied because I missed Cheadle's recruitment by Daniels. As further evidence of atrophy I direct your attention to another aspect of the plot. The terrorists are going to blow up 51 buses simultaneously. So why do the FBI fly to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and begin searching ships leaving port for American cities? Note the bloated character of the central ventricles. That one there looks like Lake Baikal.Let me make it short. The editor must have been stoned because way too much was left out. The same discontinuity applies to the ideologies involved. Cheadle is a devout Muslim. He takes his faith seriously and owe his primary loyalty to God. But he begins life as a character who willingly sells explosives to blow people up. Half-way through he appears to have an epiphany and weeps at the thought of innocent people dying. The loyalty between Cheadle and his terrorist friend, Saïd Taghmaoui, is probably the most touching in the film. When Taghmaoui discovers that Cheadle has foiled the plot, his anguish seems real. Not that any of this applies to the gang. Make no mistake, they're the Nazis of the movie -- they do what villains always do in propaganda movies; they unhesitatingly kill one of their own when he turns out to be a weakling.On the other side is the FBI, doing their best to track down and kill Cheadle, led by Guy Pearce and Neal McDonough, the uber-Aryan. Except for the fact that Pearce's Daddy and Grandad were both Baptist preachers, both men are ciphers, doing what the good guys always do. There is no conflict or comparison made between the values of Islam and those of Christianity.In sum, there is some genuinely promising material here, and not badly handled by the director. But Cheadle, who was exemplary in "Traffic", seems a lightweight here, and it's a pivotal role. The writer and editor should be put on bread and water for two months or until they each lose thirty pounds, whichever comes first.

As a young child living in Yemen "Samir Horn" (Don Cheadle) experiences the death of his father in a car bomb planted by terrorists. Afterward his mother takes him to America where he grows up and eventually joins the army as a demolitions expert. After separating from the army he begins to sell explosive detonators to the highest bidder which eventually leads him to a Muslim terrorist movement in Sudan. Unfortunately, while a meeting is taking place he is arrested and sent to a prison and upon his escape joins a terrorist movement which has use for his skills. At any rate, rather than disclose the rest of the story and risk ruining the film for those who haven't seen it I will just that that this was a pretty good action film with some drama and suspense thrown in for good measure. I especially liked the performance of Don Cheadle who I thought played the part to near perfection. Above average.

This movie is a poor excuse for someone attempting to make a political statement void of true facts. Before you watch this movie, be aware of the agenda set forth as follows:1) America is a violent/evil country 2) All religions are violent 3) Islam is no more violent than all the othersYou will find the casting and dialog of this movie supports this "untrue" agenda fully. The Americans are portrayed as hot-tempered, angry, and prone to errors in judgment. The followers of Allah are portrayed as victims of American tyranny who are generally family oriented, spiritual, thoughtful and worthy of our sympathy. This movie is an insult to intelligence and true factual discovery. This movie erodes American patriotism if you tend to believe the message it puts forth.The Crusades was an act of self-defense from Muhammad's wave of bloodshed, violence and domination over a period of 1,000 years (with significant conquests starting in 641ad to 1683ad) and the terror continues to the present day. This movie suggests a contrary theory to this fact but fails to support it's claim.Western civilization knows the Golden Rule and assumes that all should abide by it. The truth is: they don't. No amount of Hollywood propaganda will change that fact. To Islam, Hollywood are infidels (not worthy to live). I would rather see a political movie that is validly realistic and not idealistically "twisted" and void of factual credence.