Syriana

Syriana: George Clooney and Matt Damen star in this interesting thriller about the way Oil business is conducted in the Middle East. The film mirrors the movie Traffic – in that it shows you many different points of interest, characters, and story lines regarding the same subject. Everything about this movie is high grade. The story lines take time to develop, but keep drawing you in. It may start out a bit confusing with all the jumping around the film does, but the joy of it is how it all comes together. The acting is superb – with George Clooney turning in his first great performance of his career. What I liked most was the film did not take an American point of view, instead it showed how all sides are doing wrong – and shows us just how big the problems are. In a time when wars are fought over oil and oil prices are threw the roof – this movie is a must see.

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With a running time of 127 minutes
This film is rated R