New Movie: "Rendition" starring Reese Witherspoon

"Isabella El-Ibrahimi does everything in her power to find her missing husband, an Egyptian-American chemical engineer, who has seemingly disappeared during a flight from Cape Town, South Africa to Washington D.C., by enlisting the help of a politically-connected college friend. He uncovers that Anwar has been shipped off to a third world country for interrogation by the CIA's head of terrorism.

Movie type: Thriller - This is an ensemble political drama aimed at adults. Fans of Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep may be disappointed by their fairly limited screen time. There are a number of intense scenes of torture.
Director: Gavin Hood
Script: Kelley Sane
Starring: Reese Witherspoon (Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi), Jake Gyllenhaal (Douglas Freeman), Omar Metwally (Anwar El-Ibrahimi)
Length: 2 hr. 0 min.
Reviews:
"Average Something clever is done regarding the chronology of one subplot; it's too bad that aspect of the film isn't more compelling." Berardinelli, Internet Critic
"Excellent A film like 'Rendition' is valuable and rare...It is a movie about the theory and practice of two things: torture and personal responsibility. And it is wise about what is right, and what is wrong." Roger Ebert
"Above Average Rendition, while engrossing, does not grab us as it should." USA Today
"Very Good Hood and screenwriter Kelley Sane's taut, powerfully acted political thriller in the Costa-Gavras (MISSING) mold is closely based on the real-life cases of foreign nationals snatched by the CIA while traveling abroad,..." TV Guide Online

Source: cinemareview.com

28.10.2007