Rendition
2007 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 6.4 · 51% critics
After a man vanishes during international travel, his spouse searches for answers while a government analyst is pulled into a secret detention program overseas. As pressure mounts, both confront a system driven by fear, politics, and uncertain intelligence, raising urgent questions about rights, accountability, and the human cost of national security decisions.
Also known as Détention secrète
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-09-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 51/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (739 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious, debate-sparking thriller about government power and moral compromise, in the vein of Fahrenheit 9/11; Not for you if you dislike distressing interrogation scenes or multi-thread timelines.
Pros: tense political thriller; strong supporting performances; thought-provoking themes | Cons: uneven pacing; familiar character types; rushed wrap-up
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- police brutality
- government
- politics
- loss of loved one
- kidnapping
- despair
- war on terror
- anti terror
- intelligence
- inhumanity
- senator
- +11 more
Cast & crew
Reese Witherspoon
as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Douglas Freeman
Meryl Streep
as Corrine Whitman
Alan Arkin
as Senator Hawkins
Peter Sarsgaard
as Alan Smith
Omar Metwally
as Anwar El-Ibrahimi
Igal Naor
as Abasi Fawal
Hadar Ratzon Rotem
as Safiya
J.K. Simmons
as Lee Mayer
Simon Abkarian
as Said Abdel Aziz
Directed by Gavin Hood