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  • Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, J.K. Simmons, Alan Arkin, Reese Witherspoon
  • Directors: Gavin Hood
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Mar 2008
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000YQAMZI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,003 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A politically-charged, compelling drama, Rendition sees director Gavin Hood follow up the extraordinary, Oscar-winning Tsotsi with another challenging, quality piece of cinema. This time, his attention focuses on the story of a man who is kidnapped, and shipped off to be imprisoned abroad. The reason? Suspected terrorism. And his wife has no idea where he is and what's happened.

In lesser hands, Rendition could have really struggled to make its mark, but Hood very much knows what he's doing, and his film is excellent, right up to--and including--its final reel. His cast help him immensely, with Alan Arkin and Meryl Streep offering terrific support to the likes of Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Rendition does have some problems. Its pace sometimes wavers a little, some of the roles are slighter than you'd like, and sometimes the American-based elements pull the film back. But these are minor gripes that seem unfair to level at an ambitious drama, that is fearless about addressing issues of morality. Tightly woven on the whole, and sticking in your head long after the end credits have rolled, Rendition is intelligent film-making, that pulls very few punches. Those after an action feast are clearly advised to head in the other direction; those looking for a film to engage the brain are very much welcome, and set to be richly rewarded. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon star in this timely thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and taken to a foreign prison because he is suspected of being a terrorist. Gavid Hood, director of Academy Award winner TSOTSI, helms this film that also features Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, and Peter Sarsgaard.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Improvement on the 2006 Editions, 4 May 2008
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Gavin Hood's film follows on a spate of releases that cast different perspectives on the War on Terrorism. In the Left corner we have Michael Winterbottom's "The Road to Guantanamo," which pulls no punches in its attack on American policies of internment but follows a dubious bunch of people indeed to make its points. In the Right corner we have "Flight 93" and "World Trade Center," which recreate the events of 11th September 2001 (weapon and target, respectively). These two films dramatise the attacks in New York city but obviously ask no questions about what followed.

"Rendition" is a fine attempt at a middle ground between the liberals' criticism of violent American internment policies and the conservatives' feelings of fear that militant Islamic extremists will likewise use violence whenever they can. On balance, it comes down more on the side of scepticism where internment is concerned. We are shown that tortured people (Omar Metwally's character) will say anything to escape, and the implication here is that the effectiveness of torture is questionable. However, we also hear (from Meryl Streep's character) that the extraction of information in this way has saved thousands of lives in London. So there you have it: the two different perspectives in conflict. Clearly it's hard to pin down right and wrong in absolute terms, and the film is certainly food for thought for anyone who has already come out in one corner or the other. The film's a definite improvement on the aforementioned efforts of 2006, though we can certainly hope for perspectives to balance still further.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking, 22 April 2008
By O. Doyle "celticshedevil" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Rendition refers to 'extraordinary rendition' -- a term recently adopted whereby suspected terrorists in the US can be sent, without the legal consent of their parents nations, to prisons abroad to be questioned and detained. Its become a buzz word lately because (as Meryl Streep points out) "we have no torture in the US".

Anwar Al-Ibrahim is a highly-paid professional who has lived in the US for 20 yrs, is married to an American, holds a green-card but was born in Egypt. When a bomb goes off in an Arab country and an American is killed the Americans want somebody to pay. Anwar Al-Ibrahim is the guy they target and after he lands from his business trip he finds himself escorted out of the airport, hooded and shoved on a plane to a `friendly' country where the US can sit idly by and watch him being tortured for a confession while professing that "we have no torture in the US". Rendition at its best.

The performances in this movie were outstanding. Reese Witherspoon is Anwar's wife who while in the latter stages of pregnancy tries her best to find out what happened to her husband with the help of old friend and Senators Aide played by Peter Sarsgaard who uses his contacts to try find out what happened to his friend. Jake Gyllenhall is on the other side of the world watching Anwar being tortured and wrestling with his conscience as the evidence he's seen implicating Anwar is weak at best. Meryl Streep is the CIA hotshot whose conscience evades her as regards torturing suspects and she portrays the face of rendition for me - power hungry politicians who give the orders when there is little or no evidence to substantiate the claims.

It wasn't a pretty movie to watch but then again it wasn't meant to be. In many respects rendition reminds me of interment which was a buzzword in the UK & Ireland in the 70's and 80's when the IRA campaign was at its height and where it looked like there was no other solution, suspected terrorists were imprisoned without trial. History has shown that in that case it did more harm than good and I fear the same will be show of rendition in the coming years.

Rendition is a powerful film that caused quite a stir but which needed to be made.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film - must be watched - moving & disturbing, 24 April 2008
This was an absolutely brilliant film and my family and I all loved it.

Was a bit hard-going to begin with - with some sub-titles, but then things soon settled down, it's not a film for back-ground noise or you'll miss the plot and get bored.

great cast - well acted.

the story-line is disturbing and actually quite scarey considering i work in a government background and never had any idea this sort of thing was happening and actually instigated by government.

I've seen many of the films which came after the events of 9/11, some have been good, other's not so good, but this one goes at the issue of terrorism from a different angle and makes you actually consider what's happening with security to prevent such atrosities from happening in the future - not sure i'd agree with these methods, but am not naive to the fact that it happens, and think people should know about it.

Would definitely watch again - am sure there are things I missed the first time round and think this is one of those films that you'll get something new / different from each time you watch it.

it also has some romance in it which is quite refreshing considering the intensity of the rest of th film, but even this has it's own little twist - wont spoil it - watch to find out :)

recommended for anyone interested in political issues, suspense or thrillers etc.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Going through the motions
Rendition feels like one of those films that Hollywood thinks it has to do (there 'has to be' a 9/11 movie, there 'has to be' a Waco siege movie, and so on). Read more
Published 1 month ago by P. Stephens

3.0 out of 5 stars Laudable but Coy
New York born Omar Metwally plays the part of an Egyptian engineer, living and working in the USA for twenty years, with a child and a heavily-pregnant American wife. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Budge Burgess

3.0 out of 5 stars what about the phone calls?
I see a previous reviewer thought this film might be more light-hearted. Hello? It's called RENDITION.
Anyway. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tracey

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking movie
I watched this on a whim. At nearly two hours long I kind of expected it to be one of those oh hurry up movies but I watched in a one-r and never checked the clock once... Read more
Published 9 months ago by rowan tree

2.0 out of 5 stars bit boring
i was looking forward to this film but was very disapointed it never got going really and alomst fell asleep twice it was that boring it could of been alot better.
Published 11 months ago by Mr. J. A. Orme

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Thriller!
This film keeps you gripped from the start, a well acted film. I think jake gyllenhall is a great actor and is really good in this film.
Published 12 months ago by Ms. J. Birch

4.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing
I'm glad that this film was made. The issue covered in this film needs to be made public as many people don't know about `rendition' and the ramifications of this government rule... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Farah Yousif

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent with original twist
Once you have got your head round who the different characters are and how they fit together (which takes about 15 mins) then this movie turns into a real treat. Read more
Published 13 months ago by R. Search

3.0 out of 5 stars Depends on how much time you have..
We watched this film knowing very little about it - a bit of a mistake. It's a good story and the acting is very good on all parts. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Nic

3.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful though long in some parts
May i just start by saying that some reviewers were disgusted by the torture or believed that it was to Grotesque. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Karl A. Mcconnell

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