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Oct 18, 2007
Out of Frame: Rendition
Jake Gyllenhaal was frequently quoted this week when, in an interview, he declared that he “Hates preachy message films.” No one’s going to think twice about something like that coming from Dwane “The Rock” Johnson, but from someone doing press junkets for a film raising awareness about a U.S. government practice it clearly finds abominable, it’s bound to elicit a ringing chorus of, “Say What?!?!?”. Rendition is a movie so focused on its message that…