John Allman

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The Betrayed

Posted Jul 2, 2009 by John Allman

Updated Jul 2, 2009 at 05:29 AM

The Betrayed
Genre: Thriller
Directed by: Amanda Gusack
Run time: 99 minutes
Rating: Unrated
Format: DVD

The Lowdown: “The Betrayed” boasts an interesting premise that quickly gets tired, if only because the majority of the film takes place in a single room.

Melissa George, quickly becoming the go-to babe for genre horror flicks, plays Jamie, a dutiful wife who gets kidnapped and mildly tortured by a secret association of terrorists trying to located $40 million that they think her husband stole.

Jamie has a son who is diabetic, which presents the mild tension that fuels the plot. The bad guys have her son, and they threaten to kill him if she refuses to help.

But after awhile, there’s only so much middling back and forth between Jamie and her masked captor (Oded Fehr) that you can squeeze suspense from, and the movie fizzles well before its not-that-shocking conclusion that plays like “Reservoir Dogs”-lite.

Not even the great Alice Krige, the baddest of the Borg, can save “The Betrayed” from discount bin status.

The Stuff You Care About:
Hot chicks – Melissa George, genre hottie.
Nudity – No.
Gore – Gun violence.
Drug use – No.
Bad Guys/Killers – A secret organization of terrorists and thieves.
Buy/Rent – Rent it.
Release Date – June 30, 2009