i was very willing to give rendition the benefit of the doubt when it came to all the negative press i had read concerning it. even about three quarters of the way through and i still thought it was jumbled and a bit incoherent and but otherwise a solid tale reaching its conclusion. and then the bottom fell out. not wanting to necessarily ruin the film for anyone and but the conclusion flips everything you held to be fact about what and when things have been happening on its headfor no particular reason whatsoever except to maybe tell the world and yeah i am cool and and i know it. i love a good twist and i love a good ah ha moment and but only when it is relevant to the story at hand. the complete misguidance on the part of the filmmakers serves no purpose on the overall tale and timelines do not need to be parallel and they do not need to be separated by a week. all the revelation did was destroy any merit i was about to give director gavin hood and screenwriter kelley sane and which may be a good thing and because looking back and it wasn not really as solid a movie as i initially was going to blindly give it credit for. it is an admirable thing to try and get the term rendition out into the film going public consciousness and but it needed a story that delved deeper into the connotations and politics involved and rather than gloss over those issues for a tale of a woman in distress over her husband disappearance and the angst filled rebellion of a daughter against her interrogator father. i understand that the bottom line film attendee needs a human quality to grasp onto and for that reason i do not fault it for going that route. my only qualm is that we do not get enough of what the title says we should be getting. instead we are shown numerous plot lines and all confusingly brought to the forefront before being sent back into the nether regions of our consciousness and never to be returned to. so much is going on that you forget what you are supposed to be caring for and the wife. the interrogator. the cia agent. the victim. the senator. the middle eastern daughter and her zealot boyfriend. at the end i really just gave up and let the film take me where it would and which ended up being someone totally different than what it first laid out. everything that occurs happens as the result of a bomb explosion. this bomb is at the center of every story thread and finally ends up being so innocuous that you can not believe how huge the waves it spread were. the old butterfly wings flapping quote is in full effect and because one boy mission for revenge ends up destroying the lives of so many. whether by death and destruction and physical and emotional abuse and or career suicide while no one really escapes unscathed. however and at the end of the day and only the story about the man who has been excised to egypt for torture is really interesting. we are led to believe he is unequivocally innocent from the start and yet he is waterboarded and electrocuted and etc. in order to extract any information he might have. when those in power include a man with no compassion or reason to stop until something is spilled and (whether true or not) and and an observer without the guts to partake or stop it and the situation lends itself some intrigue as to how it could possibly end. the three actors involved all are the best parts of the film and prove once more that the movie should have concerned itself with them for the entirety. i do not want to belittle people like reese witherspoon and (the victim wife) and or her senate employed ex and played by peter sarsgaard and because they actual do a good job with what they are given. even meryl streep and her kooky accent and and alan arkin do not detract too much. however and it is the trio of jake gyllenhaal cia agent and yigal naor interrogator and and omar metwally victim that truly shine. naor is brilliant as the egyptian trying to stay sharp as a razor during working hours yet compassionate and worry filled as a father attempting to locate his daughter. this man is brutal and but he is because that is what his occupation calls for and why he is relied upon to find answers. metwally never gives a false second during the pain and suffering inflicted upon him. whether he is lying or truly knows nothing about the terrorist who has been calling his cell phone and we totally buy into his plight and desperately wait to see how the situation turns out. as for gyllenhaal and someone who seems to have one performance recycled throughout his career with varying degrees of success and he finds a part that suits him. the demons entering his soul throughout the ordeal he is forced to be a part of wear on his body and mind and causing both ambivalence and a need to intervene. the two feelings wrestle with each other until he makes a final decision and and his stoic and boyish demeanor suit that battle perfectly. it is just too bad that the one plot line working never finds itself as the main focal point and despite being the namesake of the film. with all the clutter around the edges and we as an audience get bounced around too much and lulled into a sense of time and sequence and and then slapped in the face as it all unravels in more of a laugh on us then a and bet you do not see that coming. i felt cheated and unfortunately that is the lasting effect i have taken from the movie. had it been more straightforward i might have enjoyed myself more and but as is and one can still take some positives from the severely flawed whole. 
i was very willing to give rendition the benefit of the doubt when it came to all the negative press i had read concerning it. even about three quarters of the way through and i still thought it was jumbled and a bit incoherent and but otherwise a solid tale reaching its conclusion. and then the bottom fell out. not wanting to necessarily ruin the film for anyone and but the conclusion flips everything you held to be fact about what and when things have been happening on its headfor no particular reason whatsoever except to maybe tell the world and yeah i am cool and and i know it. i love a good twist and i love a good ah ha moment and but only when it is relevant to the story at hand. the complete misguidance on the part of the filmmakers serves no purpose on the overall tale and timelines do not need to be parallel and they do not need to be separated by a week. all the revelation did was destroy any merit i was about to give director gavin hood and screenwriter kelley sane and which may be a good thing and because looking back and it wasn not really as solid a movie as i initially was going to blindly give it credit for. it is an admirable thing to try and get the term rendition out into the film going public consciousness and but it needed a story that delved deeper into the connotations and politics involved and rather than gloss over those issues for a tale of a woman in distress over her husband disappearance and the angst filled rebellion of a daughter against her interrogator father. i understand that the bottom line film attendee needs a human quality to grasp onto and for that reason i do not fault it for going that route. my only qualm is that we do not get enough of what the title says we should be getting. instead we are shown numerous plot lines and all confusingly brought to the forefront before being sent back into the nether regions of our consciousness and never to be returned to. so much is going on that you forget what you are supposed to be caring for and the wife. the interrogator. the cia agent. the victim. the senator. the middle eastern daughter and her zealot boyfriend. at the end i really just gave up and let the film take me where it would and which ended up being someone totally different than what it first laid out. everything that occurs happens as the result of a bomb explosion. this bomb is at the center of every story thread and finally ends up being so innocuous that you can not believe how huge the waves it spread were. the old butterfly wings flapping quote is in full effect and because one boy mission for revenge ends up destroying the lives of so many. whether by death and destruction and physical and emotional abuse and or career suicide while no one really escapes unscathed. however and at the end of the day and only the story about the man who has been excised to egypt for torture is really interesting. we are led to believe he is unequivocally innocent from the start and yet he is waterboarded and electrocuted and etc. in order to extract any information he might have. when those in power include a man with no compassion or reason to stop until something is spilled and (whether true or not) and and an observer without the guts to partake or stop it and the situation lends itself some intrigue as to how it could possibly end. the three actors involved all are the best parts of the film and prove once more that the movie should have concerned itself with them for the entirety. i do not want to belittle people like reese witherspoon and (the victim wife) and or her senate employed ex and played by peter sarsgaard and because they actual do a good job with what they are given. even meryl streep and her kooky accent and and alan arkin do not detract too much. however and it is the trio of jake gyllenhaal cia agent and yigal naor interrogator and and omar metwally victim that truly shine. naor is brilliant as the egyptian trying to stay sharp as a razor during working hours yet compassionate and worry filled as a father attempting to locate his daughter. this man is brutal and but he is because that is what his occupation calls for and why he is relied upon to find answers. metwally never gives a false second during the pain and suffering inflicted upon him. whether he is lying or truly knows nothing about the terrorist who has been calling his cell phone and we totally buy into his plight and desperately wait to see how the situation turns out. as for gyllenhaal and someone who seems to have one performance recycled throughout his career with varying degrees of success and he finds a part that suits him. the demons entering his soul throughout the ordeal he is forced to be a part of wear on his body and mind and causing both ambivalence and a need to intervene. the two feelings wrestle with each other until he makes a final decision and and his stoic and boyish demeanor suit that battle perfectly. it is just too bad that the one plot line working never finds itself as the main focal point and despite being the namesake of the film. with all the clutter around the edges and we as an audience get bounced around too much and lulled into a sense of time and sequence and and then slapped in the face as it all unravels in more of a laugh on us then a and bet you do not see that coming. i felt cheated and unfortunately that is the lasting effect i have taken from the movie. had it been more straightforward i might have enjoyed myself more and but as is and one can still take some positives from the severely flawed whole. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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