{movie} rendition (2007)

Suspected of being a terrorist, Egyptian-born Anwar El-Ibrahim (Omar Metwally) "vanishes" from an international flight and is taken to a secret prison. Now, his wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), desperately tries to uncover his whereabouts -- as well as his true intentions. While she looks for answers, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) objects to the interrogation practices used on El-Ibrahim. Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin co-star.

ireviewnetflix.com rating: ** This was really disappointing. I guess I was just expecting more of a story and more of a thriller and more politics and I certainly didn't get what I was expecting. There was a bit of all of the aforementioned elements, but just not to enough to keep me hooked throughout. The movie just failed to deliver on what was an incredible premise. It could have been much more tense and gripping. The cast was wonderful, but the movie just dragged along.