Rendition
Rendition
Excellent movie! Really thought-provoking; enjoyed it. Not too pro-American, not anti-American. Definitely not a shoot-em-up Chuck Norris cartoon.
Everyone in the movie, from the terrorists to the Americans, is shown as human, not cartoon caricatures. Everyone has their stated objectives, sure, and their human sides.
The terrorists have suffered grave personal losses and have been oppressed, yet they are easily manipulated by their leaders. Same too with the Americans (Jake Gylenhaal and Reese Witherspoon). They are trying to catch the terrorists, while at the same time realizing the horror of torturing an innocent man. And they also must deal with their stubborn, hawkish leaders.
Meryl Streep was excellent as the power-mad CIA director, a female version of Dick Cheney. Everyone in the Montreal theater laughed when she said the line, "The United States does not torture."
Two thumbs up from me.