Rendition

Rendition

6.4IMDb Score
Released:2007-09-07
Duration:120 min
Director:Gavin Hood
Actors:Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard
Production:Anonymous Content, Level 1 Entertainment, MID Foundation

Overview:

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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