Rendition (2007)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Gavin Hood

Writer (WGA):

Kelley Sane (written by)

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

What if someone you love...just disappeared?

Plot:

A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US.

Plot Keywords:

Interrogation | CIA | Egyptian | Terrorist | Terrorism

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Omar Metwally	...	Anwar El-Ibrahimi
Reese Witherspoon	...	Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Aramis Knight	...	Jeremy El-Ibrahimi
Rosie Malek-Yonan	...	Nuru El-Ibrahimi
Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Douglas Freeman
Hadar Ratzon	...	Safiya
Moa Khouas	...	Khalid El-Emin
Zineb Oukach	...	Fatima Fawal
Yigal Naor	...	Abasi Fawal (as Igal Naor)
Laila Mrabti	...	Lina Fawal
David Fabrizio	...	William Dixon
Mounir Margoum	...	Rani
Driss Roukhe	...	Bahi
J.K. Simmons	...	Lee Mayer
Meryl Streep	...	Corrine Whitman

MPAA:

Rated R for torture/violence and language.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | USA:R (certificate #43607) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Hong Kong:IIB | Taiwan:R-12 | Norway:15 | France:Unrated | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Greece:K-17

Filming Locations:

Anaheim Convention Center - 800 W. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Anonymous Content

Goofs:

Factual errors: Alan Smith, working on Capitol Hill, refers to "my guy at INS." The INS ceased to exist in 2003 with the creation of the US Department of Homeland Security Citizen Immigration Services.

Quotes:

Corrine Whitman: Honey, this is nasty business. There are upwards of 7,000 people in central London alive tonight, because of information that we elicited just this way. So maybe you can put your head on your pillow and feel proud for saving one man while 7,000 perish, but I got grandkids in London, so I'm glad I'm doing this job... and you're not.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Two Sides of a Story: The Making of 'Rendition' (#14.25)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Walking Tall

Masterful and Topical

Rendition presents a very topical matter in the form of a very tense thriller. It's a gripping, and not a preaching, movie. Seeing it in an Arab country with a mixture of Arabian and European audience gave it an extra level of atmosphere. The audience was totally gripped by the film and gave it a loud applause afterwards. The story of an Egyptian, married to an American, picked up on the suspicion of links to terrorist organizations and shipped to a friendly (with US) Arab country for "enhanced interrogation (as Meryl Streep's character states in the film: "we have no torture in the US") seems to be from the front page of todays news. There is a very neat link between the various characters which appear in the movie and the pace of the film never drops. The movies'message seems to be (as stated by Jake Gyllenhal's character in the film) that by abducting and torturing suspects you create many more terrorists. The acting is uniformly excellent with Streep and Reese Witherspoon the stand outs. Not to be missed.