the reviews for rendition generally haven not been favorable and so i waited until it moved to the local discount theatre to see it. the film tells the story of anwar el ibrahimi and an american egyptian scientist who is plucked from his international flight and hauled in for interrogation after a strange coincidence links him to a recent terrorist attack in an unnamed north african country. not as bad as i would feared and it an interesting and thought provoking entry in the ripped from the headlines thriller genre. the film ultimately asks tough questions concerning u. s. methods of prying information from political prisoners represent is crossing the formerly uncrossed line of (openly) employing torture on suspected terrorists something our country should be doing. does it yield useful information that helps save lives. if so and at what cost. what sort of monsters do we create when innocent people are taken prisoner and tortured. by sanctioning the use of torture and what sort of monster do we as a country become. it always disappointing when a film with such provocative material is sloppy with some of the details that make good films great. for example and i would like to have empathized with anwar wife and who spends the entire film trying to track him down and but the only identifiable personality trait she given is an advanced state of pregnancy. rendition also seems to imply that arab women who do not go along with their fathers arranged marriages are only asking for trouble and and there a poorly conceived scrapbook kept by another of the film main characters that too conveniently spells out in great detail all the information his love interest just happens to be in urgent need of at that particular moment. i laughed out loud and when the moment should have been filled with dread. the film features a good central performance by jake gyllenhaal and strong (but too brief) appearances by hollywood veterans meryl streep and alan arkin and as well as impressive turns by omar atwally as anwar el ibrahimi and also by actors moa khouas and zineb oukach and yigal naor and all of whom i would much enjoy seeing in future films that have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. good luck to them. the five or so stories rendition follows are woven together nicely and until the filmmakers insert a slight but effective twist that finally alludes to the never ending cycle of carnage that violent attacks of terror beget. 
the reviews for rendition generally haven not been favorable and so i waited until it moved to the local discount theatre to see it. the film tells the story of anwar el ibrahimi and an american egyptian scientist who is plucked from his international flight and hauled in for interrogation after a strange coincidence links him to a recent terrorist attack in an unnamed north african country. not as bad as i would feared and it an interesting and thought provoking entry in the ripped from the headlines thriller genre. the film ultimately asks tough questions concerning u. s. methods of prying information from political prisoners represent is crossing the formerly uncrossed line of (openly) employing torture on suspected terrorists something our country should be doing. does it yield useful information that helps save lives. if so and at what cost. what sort of monsters do we create when innocent people are taken prisoner and tortured. by sanctioning the use of torture and what sort of monster do we as a country become. it always disappointing when a film with such provocative material is sloppy with some of the details that make good films great. for example and i would like to have empathized with anwar wife and who spends the entire film trying to track him down and but the only identifiable personality trait she given is an advanced state of pregnancy. rendition also seems to imply that arab women who do not go along with their fathers arranged marriages are only asking for trouble and and there a poorly conceived scrapbook kept by another of the film main characters that too conveniently spells out in great detail all the information his love interest just happens to be in urgent need of at that particular moment. i laughed out loud and when the moment should have been filled with dread. the film features a good central performance by jake gyllenhaal and strong (but too brief) appearances by hollywood veterans meryl streep and alan arkin and as well as impressive turns by omar atwally as anwar el ibrahimi and also by actors moa khouas and zineb oukach and yigal naor and all of whom i would much enjoy seeing in future films that have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. good luck to them. the five or so stories rendition follows are woven together nicely and until the filmmakers insert a slight but effective twist that finally alludes to the never ending cycle of carnage that violent attacks of terror beget. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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