### Formosa Betrayed 2009 Betrayed % 282009 % 29 Thriller , 1 h 43 min James Van Der Beek , Wendy Crewson , John Heard , Will Tiao Director Adam KaneIMDb rating # movieguidestars # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9734 # 9734 # 9734 # 9734 6 . 310 1 , 157 votes In the early 1980 s , an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor . Through his investigation , he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades . His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan , where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy , he learns that the Professor ' s killing was not a random act , but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps . Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U . S . State Department , the Chinese Mafia , and the Nationalist Chinese Government in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust , cannot be trusted at all . Inspired by actual events . IMDbCritical reception Formosa Betrayed received mixed reviews upon its release , scoring a median of 6 . 3 at IMDB . com , 34 % at Rotten Tomatoes , and 52 out of 100 at Metacritic . WikipediaMore info at Betrayed % 282009 % 29 , Formosa % 20 Betrayed % 20 % 28 film % 29 , Rotten Tomatoes , betrayed , , . I am a bot . Send me feedback % 2 Fr % 2 FMovieGuidesubjectRe % 3 A % 20 Confidence 0 . 99 . Data sources and other i n f ormationrMovieGuidewabout .