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Summary: Excellent with original twist
Comment: Once you have got your head round who the different characters are and how they fit together (which
takes about 15 mins) then this movie turns into a real treat. It is about counter terrorism and the
morality of torture as a means to an end. The very occasional torture scenes do get the balance
right between being realistic and suitably unpleasant, but not overly gratuitous, so don't less this
put you off.

Absorbing, atmospheric, morally challenging, and seemingly very
realistic, with good perfomances by all the cast. I also liked the fact that it was (IMO) neither
pro or anti American per se, both sides are portrayed without glamour (and both can be condemned). I
think you could also argue that there is no "good guy" which spoils many a film.

I love
films with twists in the tale that you don't see coming, and this had one that I have never seen
before (not saying it hasn't been done elsewhere, but I've not seen it).

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Summary: Depends on how much time you have..
Comment: We watched this film knowing very little about it - a bit of a mistake. It's a good story and the
acting is very good on all parts. However, It is very long and needlessly so.
If you want an
easy watching chill night movie then this isn't it. You need to be alert to follow what's going on
and read the subtitles.
The ending was a little disappointing and left us asking a lot of
questions.

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Summary: Thoughtful though long in some parts
Comment: May i just start by saying that some reviewers were disgusted by the torture or believed that it was
to Grotesque. This I found a little amusing because it is what the CIA do. It's all over the news
constantly. If the torture scene was shown as a man being tiggled by feathers then it would not
carry the significance of the situation over to the viewer. it's basically at the same level as one
of the Saw movies.

I picked this film up as an extra to complete a deal from
blockbuster. I was happily surprised that it turned into an enjoyable experience.

I am
not a great admirer of some of the actors in this film. The main charecter's actually but I could
belive the roles that they were all playing. Reece Weatherspoon is the pregnant wife of an egyptian
who is kidnapped by the CIA after a terrorist attack. Some people here have stated that she did not
have a major role but what did you expect seeming she is heavily pregnant and does not know where
her husband is she can't just jump on a plane and head to the middle east. It's a very deep movie
and even gives you a small idea of what is preached to convince young men to give their lives in
suicide bombings and for the faith that they feel so stronly about. What I really appreciated in
this film was the fact that it did not show America as the golden people who never stooped to other
level's to reach their goals. it shows that although nobody enjoys it, it is used by both sides
during this war.

the reason I gave this only a three was because there were somethings
that I did not understand (I may need to watch it again to pick these points up).

Poss
spoiler here:

Why was the terrorist calling the egyptian? was it a wrong number? if so
why contact and hang up on a number of occasions over the last few months? it doesn't say weather
they were trying to set him up at all.

Also the ending. It just ended. I know what your
thinking that sounds stupid but it doesn't show what happened to the families or any of the stars at
all.

All in all it is worth watching especially if you can get it cheap but it does
leave you feeling that something was missing.

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Summary: A good film, worth watching.
Comment: A good, twisting, turning, thriller, with a great and surprising ending. Excellent as a film, and
alarming as a concept. Watch and be uncomfortable.

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Summary: Improvement on the 2006 Editions
Comment: Gavin Hood's film follows on a spate of releases that cast different perspectives on the War on
Terrorism. In the Left corner we have Michael Winterbottom's "The Road to Guantanamo," which pulls
no punches in its attack on American policies of internment but follows a dubious bunch of people
indeed to make its points. In the Right corner we have "Flight 93" and "World Trade Center," which
recreate the events of 11th September 2001 (weapon and target, respectively). These two films
dramatise the attacks in New York city but obviously ask no questions about what followed. />
"Rendition" is a fine attempt at a middle ground between the liberals' criticism of violent
American internment policies and the conservatives' feelings of fear that militant Islamic
extremists will likewise use violence whenever they can. On balance, it comes down more on the side
of scepticism where internment is concerned. We are shown that tortured people (Omar Metwally's
character) will say anything to escape, and the implication here is that the effectiveness of
torture is questionable. However, we also hear (from Meryl Streep's character) that the extraction
of information in this way has saved thousands of lives in London. So there you have it: the two
different perspectives in conflict. Clearly it's hard to pin down right and wrong in absolute
terms, and the film is certainly food for thought for anyone who has already come out in one corner
or the other. The film's a definite improvement on the aforementioned efforts of 2006, though we
can certainly hope for perspectives to balance still further.

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