"Sleeper Cell" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Creators:

Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists.

Plot Keywords:

Gay Islam | Terrorism | Terrorist Group | Release From Prison | Skinhead

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Michael Ealy	...	Darwyn Al-Sayeed / ... (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
Oded Fehr	...	Farik / ... (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
Henri Lubatti	...	Ilija Korjenic (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
Melissa Sagemiller	...	Gayle Bishop (17 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jake Soldera	...	Marcus Bishop / ... (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Alex Nesic	...	Christian Aumont (10 episodes, 2005)
Blake Shields	...	Thomas 'Tommy' Emerson (10 episodes, 2005)
Carlos Gómez	...	SAC Edgar Diaz / ... (10 episodes, 2005-2006)
Michael Desante	...	Special Agent Alim Saleh / ... (8 episodes, 2005-2006)

Also Known As:

"Sleeper Cell: American Terror" (USA) (second season title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | UK:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Dumont Dunes, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006) (TV)

gripping drama...

I happened to catch the first episode of the drama Sleeper Cell, while flipping through the channels and got hooked in 15 minutes. Its the story of an American Muslim working for the FBI going undercover and joining a Muslim terrorist organization that is hell bent on bringing chaos and terror to America.

What makes a drama tick is making the viewers involved with the characters. One must feel for the people in the story or else it just becomes a bunch of people on TV. The show gives adequate information about the main character, Darwyn Al-Hakim and his reason for going undercover. Oded, who plays the leader of the cell, gives a very chilling ice-down-the-spine performance. the rest of the team members are all non-Arabs and they have a reason to be here, or at least one of them have. They make you feel for these people at the same time make you feel bad that you are actually feeling sorry for the bad guys. THats what is called drama.

I'll have to now soon get this on DVD for my collection because i feel that this is going to be one of those really good TV series that are too short but worth it, like Band of Brothers.