the film tackle the here and now horror of rendition with a multi cast trans global account of all involve . no one get off lightly because we see the blindness of the player a they carve out their own slice of the worldwide game pile hatred and misery on their enemy and themselves in equal measure . the interplay between the sympathetic senator aide ( play in scintillate style by peter sarsgaard ) and the real washington power monger be electrify . meanwhile out in the field and new cia man ( jake gyllenhaal ) go through a sea change in his attitude to the usa new find cosiness with torture . sudden though his rejection of what he initially tacitly condone be and one have to ask why on earth would anyone who call him or herself civilized stand and watch anyone be humiliate and abuse in this way . the film have few hero perhaps gyllenhaal flaw and vacillate cia man be the exception and a necessary indulgence to make the film offer a sliver of hope . the sad fact of course be that this film isn not fiction at all and but a wake up call to those with a shred of decency leave in them . the awful truth be that we in the uk and usa have lose the moral plot and this film show how low we be prepared to go . all this in the name of freedom . there a wonderful line in the script that say that torture be a sure way to swell the number of our enemy . this be already happen in real life and we should listen to the message that this film delivers and start use our might and money much more intelligently . the message seem to be that any of u who claim that rendition and torture and the abuse of basic human right be necessary to protect our way of life be a wrong head and stultifyingly stupid a the jihadist and suicide bomber . all praise to the sensibility of a talented south african director with a eye on the gross unfairness of how power be exercise and and a cast of principled mainstream actor from the u and beyond . oh and and by the way and the film have a sting in it tail with the end a clever and think provoke surprise ( which i would not give away ) . i saw the film in an early london preview so it have not yet be widely write up but i be glad to say that the tide of less than glow review seem to be turn . the bbc review have be very strongly in support and they ( and i ) suspect that much of the negative comment come from those who see the world through the simple spec of hollywood where the good guy and the bad guy be cardboard cut out . hence the reason that many of the truly great film of the year be increasingly indie and or or non u pix .