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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097368513945
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Showtime Ent.
Manufacturer: Showtime Ent.
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Showtime Ent.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Running Time: 445 minutes
Sales Rank: 7736
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-10
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In SLEEPER CELL: AMERICAN TERROR the Muslim undercover FBI agent Darwyn (Michael Ealy) discovers that another terrorist cell in Southern California is planning a catastrophic attack that will be more successful than the last attempt. Meanwhile Farik escapes out of the country and directs another terrorist operation beginning a parallel storyline between Southern California and the Middle East.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368513945 Manufacturer No: 851394
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Sleeper Cell: American Terror is so consistently excellent that the series' cancellation seems woefully premature. Citing budgetary costs and the popularity of newer shows (like Weeds), executives at Showtime ended the series after this superb second season, which benefits from its limited 8-episode run by maintaining a riveting combination of brisk pacing, intelligent plotting, and an admirably meaningful effort to explore the true nature of Muslim faith. For posterity, both seasons of Sleeper Cell will gain lasting value for their astute and illuminating depiction of Islamic devotion on both sides of the battle against radical Islamic terrorism. In this regard, American Terror is even better than the first season, as it deepens our understanding of the religious and philosophical differences between undercover FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed (Michael Ealy) and Farik (Oded Fehr), the radical Islamic terrorist (with connections to Al-Qaeda) who continues to mastermind attacks on American soil. As American Terror begins, Farik is enduring brutal torture at the hands of his American captors while Darwyn, still undercover, is pretending to lead a new sleeper cell consisting of a former Latino gang member (Kevin Alejandro) who became an extremist in prison; a closeted gay Iraqi ex-patriot (Omid Abtahi) raised in London; and a Dutch nanny (Thekla Rueten) with personal reasons for hating America.
While Farik's former right-hand-man Ilija (Henri Lubatti) struggles in vain to return to a quiet, normal life, American Terror takes all of its characters into darker, more dangerous territory, and heightened realism gives the series even greater emotional impact as unexpected tragedies befall several supporting characters. While Ealy and Fehr continue to anchor the series with their finely nuanced performances, these episodes ultimately lead to a powerful finale that, in many respects, returns Darwyn to where he began--with potentially greater threats looming in his future. While Fox TV's 24 favors nonstop action and increasingly implausible plotting, Sleeper Cell: American Terror presents a frighteningly authentic scenario that honors Islam while demonstrating how it's been perverted by radicals with evil intentions. Because the second season has a cliffhanger ending that may never be resolved, it's a pity the series wasn't allowed to continue, and the DVD extras offer minimal compensation: They consist of 'Infiltrating the Final Cell,' an interesting interview between Ealy and two of Sleeper Cell's FBI consultants; 'The Enemy Within' (a first-season recap); and 'Farik's Story,' a pointless 90-minute assembly of nearly all of Oded Fehr's scenes from American Terror. Why bother, when it's all better viewed in the context of the episodes? --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - sleepercell season two
quality very good, good drama, series, very interesting prog. revolving
around problems occuring around the world today
Rating:  - Very different 2nd season
The first season of this show was an intense, taut and no-holds-barred inside look at a terror cell planning the next 9/11, as seen by an American Muslim FBI agent who was (too?) deep-undercover in the cell. In the end, the plot is thwarted, and the good guys win.
This must have bothered some people, because the second season devolves into moral equivalence, futility, evil Americans and incompetence, where the idea of combating terrorism is equated with the terrorism itself.
If you hated the first season because it supported the War on Terror and viewed the US as the good guys, this may be for you. If you liked it and expect more of the same, pass this one by.
Rating:  - Sleeper Cell-American Terror
My brother is the music editor of this movie. I haven't watched the second season yet, but I loved the first season!!
Rating: - wow
Excellent season just like the first one, I hope they renew this show for a couple of more seasons with a new cast every time like I read that they might be doing.
More Sleeper Cell for the people!
Rating: - Sleeper Cell Blew Me Away
Warning: Spoilers for the 1st and 2nd Season follow.
I recently TiVOed the second and final season of "Sleeper Cell: American Terror" (8 episodes) off of Showtime. This show received very little fanfare when it premiered in 2005, but I found it to be the best thing I've ever seen on that channel, with the possible exception of "Stargate SG-1." In fact, I think it compares very favorably with the brilliant "The Wire" on HBO. Which is my way is saying its one of the best shows ever.
The first episode of season 2 had me off balance at first as I was trying to piece together the "Previously On" segments from first season to what was happening now. I obviously missed alot of details about how FBI undercover agent AND pious Muslim Darwyn Al-Said infiltrated an LA based terrorist cell led by charismatic Farik (Ardeth Bay from "The Mummy" movies) and ultimately foiled their attack on Dodger Stadium. But some basic facts emerged: Darwyn was emotionally recovering with his girlfriend in San Diego and Farik was in US custody and undergoing interrogation and former cell member Ilija Korjenic had escaped capture and dyed his hair "Spike" blonde and was hiding out in the apartment of his hooker girlfriend (who in the first season worked in a music store).
These three characters would not meet again until the final episode but the events and people surrounding them were so interesting you never cared. Darwyn gets asked to make contact with a latino gangbanger who converted ... Read More
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