Geronimo1967
I remember there were all sort of speculations about the CIA using rendition techniques around the time this was released, and I actually thought it could have been a powerful light to shine on an US government that tended to act with impunity when it suited it - especially if your name didnt happen to originate in the West. Thats what happens to Egyptian-born engineer Anwar (Omar Metwally) who is travelling home to his wife (Reese Witherspoon) in the States when he is diverted on the instructions of Whitman (Meryl Streep) to a dark and unholy place where he is stripped of his clothes and his dignity, then questioned about a recent bombing atrocity - all under the watchful eye of Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) who is clearly torn between loyalty...