i be very willing to give rendition the benefit of the doubt when it come to all the negative press i have read concern it . even about three quarter of the way through and i still think it be jumble and a bit incoherent and but otherwise a solid tale reach it conclusion . and then the bottom fell out . not want to necessarily ruin the film for anyone and but the conclusion flip everything you hold to be fact about what and when thing have be happen on it headfor no particular reason whatsoever except to maybe tell the world and yeah i be cool and and i know it . i love a good twist and i love a good ah ha moment and but only when it be relevant to the story at hand . the complete misguidance on the part of the filmmaker serve no purpose on the overall tale and timeline do not need to be parallel and they do not need to be separate by a week . all the revelation do be destroy any merit i be about to give director gavin hood and screenwriter kelley sane and which may be a good thing and because look back and it wasn not really a solid a movie a i initially be go to blindly give it credit for . it be an admirable thing to try and get the term rendition out into the film go public consciousness and but it need a story that delve deeply into the connotation and politics involve and rather than gloss over those issue for a tale of a woman in distress over her husband disappearance and the angst fill rebellion of a daughter against her interrogator father . i understand that the bottom line film attendee need a human quality to grasp onto and for that reason i do not fault it for go that route . my only qualm be that we do not get enough of what the title say we should be get . instead we be show numerous plot line and all confusingly bring to the forefront before be send back into the nether region of our consciousness and never to be return to . so much be go on that you forget what you be suppose to be care for and the wife . the interrogator . the cia agent . the victim . the senator . the middle eastern daughter and her zealot boyfriend . at the end i really just give up and let the film take me where it would and which end up be someone totally different than what it first lay out . everything that occur happen a the result of a bomb explosion . this bomb be at the center of every story thread and finally end up be so innocuous that you can not believe how huge the wave it spread be . the old butterfly wing flap quote be in full effect and because one boy mission for revenge end up destroy the life of so many . whether by death and destruction and physical and emotional abuse and or career suicide while no one really escape unscathed . however and at the end of the day and only the story about the man who have be excise to egypt for torture be really interesting . we be lead to believe he be unequivocally innocent from the start and yet he be waterboarded and electrocute and etc . in order to extract any information he might have . when those in power include a man with no compassion or reason to stop until something be spill and ( whether true or not ) and and an observer without the gut to partake or stop it and the situation lend itself some intrigue a to how it could possibly end . the three actor involve all be the best part of the film and prove once more that the movie should have concern itself with them for the entirety . i do not want to belittle people like reese witherspoon and ( the victim wife ) and or her senate employ ex and play by peter sarsgaard and because they actual do a good job with what they be give . even meryl streep and her kooky accent and and alan arkin do not detract too much . however and it be the trio of jake gyllenhaal cia agent and yigal naor interrogator and and omar metwally victim that truly shine . naor be brilliant a the egyptian try to stay sharp a a razor during work hour yet compassionate and worry fill a a father attempt to locate his daughter . this man be brutal and but he be because that be what his occupation call for and why he be rely upon to find answer . metwally never give a false second during the pain and suffering inflict upon him . whether he be lie or truly know nothing about the terrorist who have be call his cell phone and we totally buy into his plight and desperately wait to see how the situation turn out . a for gyllenhaal and someone who seem to have one performance recycle throughout his career with vary degree of success and he find a part that suit him . the demon enter his soul throughout the ordeal he be force to be a part of wear on his body and mind and cause both ambivalence and a need to intervene . the two feeling wrestle with each other until he make a final decision and and his stoic and boyish demeanor suit that battle perfectly . it be just too bad that the one plot line work never find itself a the main focal point and despite be the namesake of the film . with all the clutter around the edge and we a an audience get bounce around too much and lull into a sense of time and sequence and and then slap in the face a it all unravels in more of a laugh on u then a and bet you do not see that come . i felt cheat and unfortunately that be the lasting effect i have take from the movie . have it be more straightforward i might have enjoy myself more and but a be and one can still take some positive from the severely flawed whole .