Rendition (BD) [Blu-ray]

Extraordinary rendition is serious business, and unfortunately, the U.S government does it.I respect the intention of this film, but I would recommend researching the topic rather than watching Meryl Streep strutting around like a big movie star. I guess it's just me, but I have never bought her in any role she ever played. I can't explain it. Like one professional critic wrote, you're not looking at a character; you're looking at Meryl Streep playing a character.The droning middle eastern soundtrack is annoying.I just thought this film was silly and simplistic. Maybe I was not in a receptive mood....I just hate Hollywood interpretations of real world issues.

I see that this film has received mixed reviews on Amazon. I thought it was excellent. I was completely absorbed in the two storylines and caught up in the very human dramas well portrayed by an all star cast. Jake Gyllanhall and Peter Sarsgaard are good in everything, Alan Arkin and JK Simmons excel in their small roles, Meryl Streep is appropriately cold and imperious as a high level CIA chief and Reese Witherspoon is okay in her role as a stereotypical wife and mother. I was not familiar with the foreign actors, but they were good in their roles as well. Rendition shows how easy it is to misuse government powers and how unreliable information extracted by torture is. You'd think we'd have learned by now that we only create more enemies when we use such methods and so indiscriminately. Recommended.

This is a very compelling story with some exceptional performances. The clear political message is that the CIA does horrific things to innocent people in the name of national security. Perhaps they do.But in this case, an innocent American citizen with a family is abducted by the CIA and horribly tortured. He is eventually released by CIA agent Jake Gyllenhaal who suddenly wakes up to just how wrong this is and notifies the media. But what was the CIA's plan for their captive? Did they think they could torture him into submission and then just lock him up without without a public trial or the media finding out what they had done?

Rendition (2007). Jake Gyllenhal, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, and Omar Metwally. Arab American husband accepts invite to speak intellectually in Arab nation. US Intelligence screws up, labels him Al Qaeda, and renditions him. (Rendition: sending criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country w/ less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners. Basically, torture). His wife freaks out because ppl are saying he wasn't on his flight. The rest of the movie is what happens to him and how he gets back. Based on a true story. ⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️

Boring predictable abnoxious . Bad Bad Bad CIA, poor innocent tortured victim of injustice who happens to be an Egyptian, his conviently pregnant wife and of course a good hero who saves a day! Two hours of my life I'll never get back will best describe it

I really liked this movie when it first came out, but had forgotten about a key plot complication that pushes this movie over the edge from “good” to “great”. IMHO a truly great and under-appreciated movie. If you enjoy this genre, it’s a must-watch.

This truly was a great movie showing what is wrong with torture and the current U.S. policy of illegal torture and rendition. If you want to know what is really going on in the world, then this is a movie for you. Torturing someone who is innocent will, in turn, get false confessions. This movie shows you how an innocent man tortured enough will confess to anything in order to make the torture stop. We have a lot of problems in the world and kidnapping people and shipping them off to be tortured in other countries is very despicable. If someone is really guilty then they should be tried and convicted; instead, we torture them in an unknown location and we get many false confessions. This truly was a powerful movie. I highly recommend this to anyone. The people who control our government are out of control and extremely criminal. They do not care about the truth or justice. As a side note: most of the major terrorist attacks, if you study them, have been carried out by quite a few of the various countries themselves. Research false-flag terror and you will get an idea for what i am saying.

Definitely worth watching once. Meryl - Great actor - great in this role - 5 stars. Jake - Great actor - Great in here - 5 stars. Reese - not an actress - I have no good idea why people hire her - No abilities in her and unfortunately, she brings the movie down with her lack of any talent - 0 stars. A pretty well done script and story told in this film. Shot well. A movie that brings good conversation afterwards so, worth your time.

I caught this film on T.V. and immediately bought it to see it properly without advertisements. This is a good example of not always believing what you read. When it was at the cinema, the critics gave it a mixed reaction, perhaps afraid of the subject matter.I was swayed by their reviews and did not bother to see it, which was a mistake. The film portrays a different side of Western involvement in the Middle East conflict. Complicity with torturers, aiding the kidnap and imprisonment of relative innocents, all in the name of the fight against terror. This film may make you feel uneasy at times but should leave you with another viewpoint on these well-known events. First rate performances by all the cast, high contrast filming, and an involving plot leading to an explosive reveal in flashback. Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in more than just an all action account of the war in Iraq.

A terrorist bombing leads the CIA to suspect Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) may have something to do with the plot. He is picked up and flown out of the USA and is tortured for information. CIA agent Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) witnesses the torture and is torn between the unspeakable horrors being forced upon El-Ibrahimi and has to make some career changing decisions as to help El-Ibrahimi or roll with the program.Meanwhile El-Ibrahimi's wife Isabella (Reese Witherspoon) is fighting to find out where the government have taken her husband and what is happening to him, but she is stone walled.Superb performances from all main and supporting actors. At the current price of 3GBP it is a bit cheaper than most rental places. Very good VFM

Great to get this DVD, as the same DVD bought 18 months ago was for use in USA. This replacement was perfect. Not a film for the squeamish but an excellent depiction of the horrors of rendision. Great acting by an excellent cast. Prompt delivery in well packed container.

One of those films that when they came out I had not seen but now I have I am glad that I watched it. Harrowing yes, over violent in parts but it is must see and although lots have watched it I would urge those who have not to get a copy and see it. It is another expose but it is handled well and shows that good cinema should be savoured.

Good film arrived on time