Rendition

Having relatives that have served in the Middle Eastern Wars in the last 4-5 years and based on their actual accounts during this time period, I must say that this is a REALISTIC movie. If you don't know any witnesses, then... Full review

This is a truly memorable film and some critics and advertisements have said that Jake Gylenhall could win a oscar for his role as an observer overseeing the "interrogation" of suspected terrorist Ibrahimi, and therein lies the reason why he may... Full review

This movie makes a successful argument that it is neither Good nor Productive. Why do we torture, to punish? for information? or for vengeance? Our constitution clearly bans cruel and inhumane punishment. The jury is still out on how informative the... Full review

"I fear you speak upon the rack, where men enforced do speak anything." This Shakespearean line from The Merchant of Venice is echoed again in the new film Rendition which introduces the viewer to the "enhanced methods of interrogation", renditions,... Full review

Imagine you have just been on a plane for 18 hours. You have been on a business trip to South Africa. You are a high-paid professional. You've lived in the US for 20 years. You are in your thirties, you... Full review

i just watch this movie recently and it breaks my heart to watch an innocent person inhumanely treated worse than an animal by the so-called "righteous" specially if the latter is an officer of the law. but its unavoidable to happen... Full review

In this day and age in which just about every other news story involves discussions of waterboarding, images of Abu Ghraib, or tales of forced detentions at Guantanamo Bay, Gavin Hood's "Rendition" is about as up-to-the-minute and timely a movie... Full review

Think of it as an extreme form of detention without trial. Without commenting and taking a side on the US Foreign Policy, the process of Extraordinary Rendition involves taking persons suspected of terrorist activities to a foreign country, an opposite... Full review

I saw the movie yesterday and was shocked by it, but even more shocked by some of the comments I have read here. One person wrote that it was ambiguous if the victim of the torture was guilty or not--therefore...... Full review

Most of this political thriller presented as a mostly run of the mill movie with a somewhat better development of many of the major characters, that was much appreciated, until the BIG twist and powerful climax that recalled twists experienced... Full review

"The thing that gets under my skin most about George W. [Bush] is his intention to install fear in people [] this government is all about terror alerts and scaring us at airports. ... Full Article

A poster for the film "Rendition," left, and, clockwise from top right, scenes from "The Kingdom," "Lions for Lambs" and "In the Valley of Elah." ... Full Article

Nothing if not timely, "Rendition" arrives days after the Supreme Court said it would not take up the case of an innocent German who claimed he was abducted by the CIA and tortured in a secret prison in Afghanistan. ... Full Article

A conventional movie about an unconventional subject.An Egyptian immigrant to the U.S. is abducted by the CIA, taken to the Middle East and tortured on suspicion of being a terrorist. ... Full Article

The star-filled political drama has few surprises but gives everyone a chance to shine. By Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 19, 2007 The latest in a series of films to dramatize the internecine mess that is the... ... Full Article