Rendition
Directed by Gavin Hood
When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving in USA. He disappears. His wife asks a senator for help.
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- stuhannafordDecember 8, 2025With the exception of a clever twist, the story is lacking in depth. However, that's not really what the crux of the film is about. An all too familiar tale of government interference and overreach (limited not just to the US), in the name of being the 'good guys', continues to ask that age old question, are monsters born, or are they made? Who are the extremist antagonists when you boil it all down? It is perhaps a little liberal in its display of serving up the 'perceived heroes' as villains, but isn't biased to the degree that it paints it as a blanket issue one way or the other... more so that sorting fact from fiction, is becoming so much more difficult day by day. Considering the acting talent on show, none of the characters have an enormous of amount of meat on their bones, but they all carry their parts well through their storylines, Streep, as you would expect, in particular. Whatever the time period, wherever the location, it seems that questionable US governmental actions continue to have consequences, and with that, plenty of stories left for Hollywood to tell.
Rendition Trivia
Rendition was released on October 19, 2007.
Rendition was directed by Gavin Hood.
Rendition has a runtime of 2h.
Rendition was produced by Mark Martin, Keith Redmon, David Kanter, Marcus Viscidi, Steve Golin, Michael Sugar.
When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving in USA. He disappears. His wife asks a senator for help.
The key characters in Rendition are Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi (Reese Witherspoon), Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal), Corrine Whitman (Meryl Streep).
Rendition is rated R.
Rendition is a Drama, Thriller film.
Rendition has an audience rating of 6.2 out of 10.
Rendition had a budget of $27.5M.
Rendition has made $24.7M at the box office.