i come out of rendition with a list of flaw a mile long and so how be it that my overall impression be that it be a pretty decent movie . it definitely a film whose sum be good than it part . those part include a cast of big name star and not one of them give a memorable performance ( omar metwally and a relative unknown and be the one you will remember ) while serviceable if undistinguished direction while and a screenplay that both too complicate and too simplistic at the same time . metwally be an egyptian born american citizen who get kidnap by the u. s. government rendition program and otherwise know a the process by which america torture suspect terrorist into confess information whether or not it remotely true . reese witherspoon play his pregnant wife and who call in the favor of an old college friend ( peter saarsgard ) and who work for a senator ( alan arkin ) and help to track her husband down . meryl streep play the head of the rendition program while jake gyllenhaal be a young agent assign to the interrogation and whose conscience get in the way . meanwhile and a whole parallel storyline follow the daughter of a top egyptian official who be ally to the american rendition program and her boyfriend and who in training to become a suicide bomber . ay yi yi that a lot of plot to pack into a two hour movie and and i be about to wash my hand of the whole thing and especially the egyptian romeo and juliet subplot that felt like nothing more than a distraction . but then near the film finale and a twist of chronology bring all of the plot strand together in a way that make you want to reassess everything you think you know about the motivation of the various character and and make rendition a much more interesting movie than it seem like it go to be . witherspoon and gyllenhaal and sarsgaard all look like high school student play adult twenty year old than they actually be gyllenhaal in particular and usually a fine actor and look so bored that you wonder if he go to muster the energy to deliver his line . and the screenwriter should be arrest for have an actress as good a meryl streep at his disposal and give her nothing more to work with than this one dimensional dragon lady . the movie of course strives for relevancy and but instead of address the tangled web of argument surround the national security issue and it charge right down the middle of the debate in a predictable fashion . there be moment when you think maybe the film will veer off in an interesting direction what if witherspoon do actually begin to doubt her husband past and for instance . what if metwally actually have be in contact with terrorist and a his interrogator accuse . but no and the movie take the path of least resistance . but and like i say upfront and i recommend this movie . i know i have do nothing but list a bunch of it fault and but it get it head in the right place and and it be entertain and or at least a as entertaining a a movie about torture and interrogation can be . grade represent b plus .