Rendition

Rendition

What if someone you love... just disappeared?

Directed by Gavin Hood

Produced by Anonymous Content, Level 1 Entertainment

2007120 min6.4 / 10

A dark, morally complex thriller about the human cost of the war on terror, centered on a wife's desperate fight to find her disappeared husband within a system designed to hide him.

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

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  • Is Rendition scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Rendition sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Rendition one of a kind? Barely. Less singular than 88% of films.

  • Is Rendition easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Rendition violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Rendition end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

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Rarity17

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Surprise34

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Love40

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