I really liked it as I'm a Tom Cruise fan. The film is essentially telling different stories in it if I remember correctly. I watched it with my dad and he didn't rate it at all as he said it had very little action in it....then again it's more of a drama than an action film.
In answer to your question or rather questions, yes it is worth a watch but I couldn't say whether it's like those other films or not as Ive only seen Rendition and it's different to that because it's about a different aspect of the war on terror. Lions for Lambs is actually quite similar to Home Of The Brave.