Rendition 2007

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 121 min

genre: political

theme: political thriller

director: Gavin Hood

Score: 6 / 10

Rendition is a 2007 American political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin and Omar Metwally. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri.

Plot

In North Africa, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman briefs an agent. A suicide attack kills the agent and 18 civilians; the target was high-ranking police official Abbas-i "Abasi" Fawal, a liaison for the United States who conducts interrogations with techniques amounting to torture, but Fawal is unharmed.

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author	Kelley Sane
contentLocation	Egypt South Africa
director	Gavin Hood
editor	Megan Gill
events	terrorism
genre	drama political thriller
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musicBy	Paul Hepker
producer	Keith Redmon Steve Golin
productionCompany	Anonymous Content Level 1 Entertainment
publisher	New Line Cinema
recordedAt	Morocco
theme	narrative political thriller spy terrorism