[Peace-discuss] my review of Rendition, the film

[Morton K. Brussel]

4 stars?
Was it not surprising that the film ran for two weeks at the Beverly?
Thanks for your review. --Mort

On Nov 11, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Karen Medina wrote:

> Peace discuss,
>
> My review of the film Rendition:
> Yes, I made it to "Rendition". There were only 5 people there, but  
> Thursday is not a big movie night at the Beverly.
>
> Rendition is a good movie. The plot is interesting. The questions  
> are excellent. And somehow we feel compassion for all but the  
> person who ordered the rendition (a woman in beautiful clothes). As  
> I think about how one would go about making a movie that would draw  
> the audience in to the lives of so many different types of people,  
> I am awe struck that this film did it.
>
> I did not have troubles watching any of the scenes, but perhaps I  
> have been hardened by radio descriptions of torture? That would be  
> horrible.
>
> I must admit that a few times I felt as if I were drowning or  
> choking. Oddly enough, the isolation scares me the most.
>
> -karen medina
> movie critic
>
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