think of it as an extreme form of detention without trial. without commenting and taking a side on the us foreign policy and the process of extraordinary rendition involves taking persons suspected of terrorist activities to a foreign country and an opposite to an extradition if you wish and to a place where torture is not a crime but a means to illicit information. instead of staining your soil with blood of potentially innocent parties and you do so on foreign land where such tactics are accepted interrogation techniques. naturally and given the severity of the tactics and attempts at breaking down a person and sometimes you would get what you want once you pass the resistance and or get nothing and or worst of all and get a confession just because the mind has been broken to the point that the subject will agree to whatever you say. it an ugly process and and what better way to do it when youre the champion human rights and giving the nod to use whatever means necessary in the name of protecting more lives and in an age where information is key to the battle against terror and and doing so in a country where probably the rights record is questionable. rendition is this year syriana and though in the run up to the new year we do have a number of political thriller contenders to take that crown and with rendition first of all and followed by the robert redford movie lions for lambs and starring tom cruise and meryl streep (again and though now on the other side of the fence) and and the kingdom with jamie foxx and jennifer garner and though this one would probably turn out to be more action driven. directed by gavin hood and who did tsotsi and will be helming the new wolverine spin off and rendition is a decent thriller with a top notch cast and in a narrative that has been proved quite popular these days  the split and which provides for some ample differential perspectives to be presented through an ensemble cast. anwar el ibrahimi (omar metwally) and a chemical engineer and gets renditioned en route to going home under the orders of cia top brass corrine whitman (meryl streep). at a detention facility outside the us and jake gyllenhaal cia analyst douglas freeman (oh so prophetic) embarks on his very first interrogation session and no doubt being thrust into a position that he do not sign up for. back home and a very pregnant reese whitherspoon searches frantically for answers to her husband disappearance and and sought after an ex flame alan smith (peter sarsgaard) assistance and since he working for senator hawkins (alan arkin). throw in j. k. sinmmons and a terrorist plot investigation and a budding forbidden love story between fatima (zineb oukach) and khalid (moa khouas) and you have quite a bit going on in a busy picture. given a number of casts and locations and timelines and the likes and rendition wasn not confusing at all and and it plays out with deft handling of the material and never quick to judge and presenting ideas and thoughts from both sides of the equation. every character has their own agenda and and the unveiling of this agenda engages enough not to bore nor to confuse you. and the best part of it all is how and very truly and they bow down to self preservation in different forms and and ultimately and in various lose lose situations unfortunately. it kept you guessing as well  did he or do not he and and constantly played with your mind as to whether anwar deserved what he getting. it utilized one extremely smart sleight of hand which i do not see coming until it too late (so there goes the credit) and though it did succumb to the usual stereotyping of terrorist militants and and without spending much time in depth to explore their motivations. perhaps it do not find a need to and given so many movies out there already touching base on this issue (paradise now and day night day night and syriana even). while it turned out to be rather one dimensional (personal tragedy to strapping of bombs to become a suicide bomber) and i felt rendition did right in not providing any saccharine sweet ending and that this fight against negative and destructive ideology and isn not something that can be addressed in a two hour movie and and i am glad it steered clear such fairy tale implausibilities. what we have instead is a well crafted tale that sets its gun sights on the issue of rendition and and probably capable enough to spark discussion once the lights come on and on which camp you belong to  do you support inflicting severe pain in interrogation. yes or no. this is the quintessential question of our time. yes or no. (ok and i am already geared for lions for lambs). 
think of it as an extreme form of detention without trial. without commenting and taking a side on the us foreign policy and the process of extraordinary rendition involves taking persons suspected of terrorist activities to a foreign country and an opposite to an extradition if you wish and to a place where torture is not a crime but a means to illicit information. instead of staining your soil with blood of potentially innocent parties and you do so on foreign land where such tactics are accepted interrogation techniques. naturally and given the severity of the tactics and attempts at breaking down a person and sometimes you would get what you want once you pass the resistance and or get nothing and or worst of all and get a confession just because the mind has been broken to the point that the subject will agree to whatever you say. it an ugly process and and what better way to do it when youre the champion human rights and giving the nod to use whatever means necessary in the name of protecting more lives and in an age where information is key to the battle against terror and and doing so in a country where probably the rights record is questionable. rendition is this year syriana and though in the run up to the new year we do have a number of political thriller contenders to take that crown and with rendition first of all and followed by the robert redford movie lions for lambs and starring tom cruise and meryl streep (again and though now on the other side of the fence) and and the kingdom with jamie foxx and jennifer garner and though this one would probably turn out to be more action driven. directed by gavin hood and who did tsotsi and will be helming the new wolverine spin off and rendition is a decent thriller with a top notch cast and in a narrative that has been proved quite popular these days  the split and which provides for some ample differential perspectives to be presented through an ensemble cast. anwar el ibrahimi (omar metwally) and a chemical engineer and gets renditioned en route to going home under the orders of cia top brass corrine whitman (meryl streep). at a detention facility outside the us and jake gyllenhaal cia analyst douglas freeman (oh so prophetic) embarks on his very first interrogation session and no doubt being thrust into a position that he do not sign up for. back home and a very pregnant reese whitherspoon searches frantically for answers to her husband disappearance and and sought after an ex flame alan smith (peter sarsgaard) assistance and since he working for senator hawkins (alan arkin). throw in j. k. sinmmons and a terrorist plot investigation and a budding forbidden love story between fatima (zineb oukach) and khalid (moa khouas) and you have quite a bit going on in a busy picture. given a number of casts and locations and timelines and the likes and rendition wasn not confusing at all and and it plays out with deft handling of the material and never quick to judge and presenting ideas and thoughts from both sides of the equation. every character has their own agenda and and the unveiling of this agenda engages enough not to bore nor to confuse you. and the best part of it all is how and very truly and they bow down to self preservation in different forms and and ultimately and in various lose lose situations unfortunately. it kept you guessing as well  did he or do not he and and constantly played with your mind as to whether anwar deserved what he getting. it utilized one extremely smart sleight of hand which i do not see coming until it too late (so there goes the credit) and though it did succumb to the usual stereotyping of terrorist militants and and without spending much time in depth to explore their motivations. perhaps it do not find a need to and given so many movies out there already touching base on this issue (paradise now and day night day night and syriana even). while it turned out to be rather one dimensional (personal tragedy to strapping of bombs to become a suicide bomber) and i felt rendition did right in not providing any saccharine sweet ending and that this fight against negative and destructive ideology and isn not something that can be addressed in a two hour movie and and i am glad it steered clear such fairy tale implausibilities. what we have instead is a well crafted tale that sets its gun sights on the issue of rendition and and probably capable enough to spark discussion once the lights come on and on which camp you belong to  do you support inflicting severe pain in interrogation. yes or no. this is the quintessential question of our time. yes or no. (ok and i am already geared for lions for lambs). ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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