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Syriana (2005)

6.5 Listal rating
7.1 IMDB rating

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A missile disappears in Iran, but the CIA has other problems: the heir to an Emirate gives an oil contract to China, cutting out a US company that promptly fires its immigrant workers and merges with a small firm that has landed a Kazakhstani oil contract. The Department of Justice suspects bribery, and the oil company's law firm finds a scapegoat. ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
George Clooney

George Clooney

Bob Barnes
Amr Waked

Amr Waked

Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Dean Whiting
Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Bennett Holiday
Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Jimmy Pope
Robert Foxworth

Robert Foxworth

Tommy Barton
Nicky Henson

Nicky Henson

Sydney Hewitt
Nicholas Art

Nicholas Art

Riley Woodman
Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Bryan Woodman


Written by (View all) :
Stephen Gaghan

Stephen Gaghan

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Settles in your brain, and proceeds to b

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 2 13:56
When I saw this on the big screen, my first reaction after the lights came on was "I need to see that again!". This is one of those films that keep you on your toes the entire time, and you're constantly asking yourself "What is going on?" It's not the kind of film that gets under your skin in that you get emotional satiscfaction or a resolution, rather it gets into your brain and settles in a corner and proceeds to bug you. It tells four stories of people in the oil business, in espionage, in the terror "business", and the legal business, all of them intertwined at some point, and none of the characters are up to good things. The film has a huge list of characters, so that doesn't make it any easier, but it is definitely an interesting film for those who don't like their films bein...Read more

Players and Schemes

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 19 10:39
I'm thankful I watched the movie, and didn't read the book. There are a lot of players and schemes going on, and I'm sure I couldn't have kept track of it in the book. In a way this could be considered a gangster film, even if some of the players were well respected governments. But somehow it was able to make nearly all of the characters multifaceted, and complicated, and not exactly "good" or "evil". It was a nice ensemble movie, smart, well shot, filled with "actors' actors" and thought provoking. And with most things based in real life, it didn't get all tied up with a bow at the end. George was good, Oscar-worthy I'm not sure.