Syriana (2005)

6.5	Listal rating
7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Stephen Gaghan

Starring (View all)

Arash

Bob Barnes

Mohammed Sheik Agiza

Dean Whiting

Bennett Holiday

Jimmy Pope

Tommy Barton

Sydney Hewitt

Written by

Stephen Gaghan

(written by)

Robert Baer

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A very good movie

8 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 31 17:04

johanlefourbe

1 vote

I have noticed that this movie doesn't get much love here on Listal and on IMDB but, personally, I thought it was really good. First of all, it was the official coronation of Georges Clooney who finally got his academy award and I think he really deserved the damned thing but I think that the rest of the cast was really good too (Christopher Plummer, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Matt Damon, Amand... read more

Players and Schemes

5 years, 3 months ago at Feb 19 10:39

nataliegoes

1 vote

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... read more

Settles in your brain, and proceeds to b

5 years ago at May 2 13:56

CaveatVideot

1 vote

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 i... read more

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Description: 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 find ... (more)

Release date : 9 December 2005

Drama (18), Thriller (14), Terrorism (11), Conspiracy (11), Middle East (11), Political (11), 2005 (11), Oil (8), Espionage (7), Corruption (7), Torture (7), 2000s (6), Murder (6), Assassination (6), Cia (6), Death (6), Politics (6), Spy (4), Terrorist (4), Baton (4)

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