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Genres:
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Drama /
Thriller
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Director:
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Jim Threapleton,
Jim Threapleton
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Actors:
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Jimmy Yuill,
Hugh Ross,
Jimmy Yuill,
Hugh Ross,
Nick Bartlett,
Goran Kostic,
Nick Bartlett,
Goran Kostic,
Omar Berdouni,
Ania Sowinski,
Rami Hilmi,
Aleksander Mikic,
Omar Berdouni,
Ania Sowinski,
Rami Hilmi,
Aleksander Mikic,
Ehti Aslam,
Emilio Doorgasingh,
Greg Edwards,
Davood Ghadami,
Luke Ireland,
Munir Khairdin,
Julian Lee,
Angus Lindsay,
Roddy McDevitt,
Naoufal Ousellam,
Laurence Possa,
Tony Price,
Paul Viragh,
Zamira Wicking,
Ehti Aslam,
Emilio Doorgasingh,
Greg Edwards,
Davood Ghadami,
Luke Ireland,
Munir Khairdin,
Julian Lee,
Angus Lindsay,
Roddy McDevitt,
Naoufal Ousellam,
Laurence Possa,
Tony Price,
Paul Viragh,
Zamira Wicking,
Andy Serkis,
Andy Serkis
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Duration:
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122 min.
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Rating:
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(5.9/10)85.5
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Plot Summary:
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Post 9/11, Egyptian born chemical operator, Anwar El-Ibrahim (Omar Metwalley) disappears on a stampede flee from South Africa to Washington DC. He is shipped off to a third world boonies appropriate for grilling after he is deemed a political jailbird. His pregnant American trouble, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon) travels to Washington to take a shot and learn the reason for his disappearance. For now, at a secret detention facility somewhere outside the U.S., CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) witnesses the uncommon questioning of a foreign national by the Egyptian ... secret police. The event forces him to suspect his assignment as he becomes entangled in the interrogation of El-Ibrahim.
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omg
Oh my god, got up and walked out half way through! Not much more to say, it just never got going. Waste of a fiver!
Extraordinary Rendition
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