think of it a an extreme form of detention without trial . without comment and take a side on the u foreign policy and the process of extraordinary rendition involve take person suspect of terrorist activity to a foreign country and an opposite to an extradition if you wish and to a place where torture be not a crime but a mean to illicit information . instead of stain your soil with blood of potentially innocent party and you do so on foreign land where such tactic be accepted interrogation technique . naturally and give the severity of the tactic and attempt at break down a person and sometimes you would get what you want once you pass the resistance and or get nothing and or bad of all and get a confession just because the mind have be break to the point that the subject will agree to whatever you say . it an ugly process and and what good way to do it when youre the champion human right and give the nod to use whatever mean necessary in the name of protect more life and in an age where information be key to the battle against terror and and do so in a country where probably the right record be questionable . rendition be this year syriana and though in the run up to the new year we do have a number of political thriller contender to take that crown and with rendition first of all and follow by the robert redford movie lion for lamb and star tom cruise and meryl streep ( again and though now on the other side of the fence ) and and the kingdom with jamie foxx and jennifer garner and though this one would probably turn out to be more action driven . direct by gavin hood and who do tsotsi and will be helm the new wolverine spin off and rendition be a decent thriller with a top notch cast and in a narrative that have be prove quite popular these day the split and which provide for some ample differential perspective to be present through an ensemble cast . anwar el ibrahimi ( omar metwally ) and a chemical engineer and get renditioned en route to go home under the order of cia top brass corrine whitman ( meryl streep ) . at a detention facility outside the u and jake gyllenhaal cia analyst douglas freeman ( oh so prophetic ) embark on his very first interrogation session and no doubt be thrust into a position that he do not sign up for . back home and a very pregnant reese whitherspoon search frantically for answer to her husband disappearance and and seek after an ex flame alan smith ( peter sarsgaard ) assistance and since he work for senator hawkins ( alan arkin ) . throw in j. k. sinmmons and a terrorist plot investigation and a budding forbidden love story between fatima ( zineb oukach ) and khalid ( moa khouas ) and you have quite a bit go on in a busy picture . give a number of cast and location and timeline and the like and rendition wasn not confuse at all and and it play out with deft handling of the material and never quick to judge and present idea and thought from both side of the equation . every character have their own agenda and and the unveiling of this agenda engage enough not to bore nor to confuse you . and the best part of it all be how and very truly and they bow down to self preservation in different form and and ultimately and in various lose lose situation unfortunately . it keep you guess as well do he or do not he and and constantly play with your mind a to whether anwar deserve what he get . it utilize one extremely smart sleight of hand which i do not see come until it too late ( so there go the credit ) and though it do succumb to the usual stereotyping of terrorist militant and and without spend much time in depth to explore their motivation . perhaps it do not find a need to and give so many movie out there already touch base on this issue ( paradise now and day night day night and syriana even ) . while it turn out to be rather one dimensional ( personal tragedy to strapping of bomb to become a suicide bomber ) and i felt rendition do right in not provide any saccharine sweet end and that this fight against negative and destructive ideology and isn not something that can be address in a two hour movie and and i be glad it steer clear such fairy tale implausibility . what we have instead be a well craft tale that set it gun sight on the issue of rendition and and probably capable enough to spark discussion once the light come on and on which camp you belong to do you support inflict severe pain in interrogation . yes or no . this be the quintessential question of our time . yes or no . ( ok and i be already gear for lion for lamb ) .