Rendition

About Rendition

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.

Gavin Hood's Rendition is a 2007 thriller film. Its themes are central intelligence agency (CIA), surveillance, police brutality, and politician.

Reese Witherspoon appears as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi, Jake Gyllenhaal as Douglas Freeman, Meryl Streep as Corrine Whitman, and Alan Arkin as Senator Hawkins. Released in September 2007, it runs 120 minutes.

The screenplay is by Kelley Sane.

Conspiracy Theory, United 93, and Wag the Dog make useful companions to Rendition, all filed under government and politics. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 768 votes and it carries a R rating.