Formosa Betrayed is a 2013 political thriller starring James Van Der Beek, John Heard, Tzi Ma and Will Tiao.

When a respected Taiwanese-American professor is murdered, FBI agent Jake Kelly (James Van Der Beek, The Rules of Attraction) takes up the challenge to track the killers back across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan. With the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy he soon finds himself immersed in a dangerous conspiracy, involving a government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. On a deadly trail weaving between the US State Department, the Chinese Triad and the nationalist Chinese Government, Kelly discovers life is cheap and deception is the new norm.

A gripping political thriller in the tradition of Black Rain and Rising Sun, also starring John Heard, Chelcie Ross, Will Tiao, Tzi Ma, Leslie Hope, Wendy Crewson and Kenneth Tsang, Formosa Betrayed is an explosive drama of international intrigue.