Syriana is a thriller of corruption and power related to the oil industry that tells four parallel stories: the CIA agent Bob Barnes with great experience in Middle East that falls in disgrace after an unsuccessful mission dealing missiles in Lebanese Republic; the investigation of the attorney Bennett Holiday related to the merge of two American oil companies, Connex and Killen; the traumatic association of the energy analyst Bryan Woodman with the son of a powerful emir of Emirate; and the social drama of the Pakistani immigrant worker Wasim Khan that is fired by the oil company.
The first hour is awful, but it gets better
This is one of the most complicated films I've seen, and I was lost, completely lost, for the first hour or so. But this is surely intentional (the producers actually gave sheets with character bios to the critics when they sent their film out to be reviewed, so they were well aware that it was going to be complicated). To be honest, you will spend the first hour not knowing who is who, who is working for whom, etc. I've read Roger Ebert's review who says that this does not matter, as our confusion is the same as the confusion among the people in the film, ie they have no idea who is 'good' or 'bad' (or are they all 'bad'). I don't buy that: I think th...
Syriana is a film of paradoxes, contradictions and complications. It's a political thriller that thrives on misdirection, on hiding information just as it hides glamorous George Clooney behind a rumpled exterior and a full beard. Even its title is a puzzler: The meaning is critical, but no one on screen so much as says the word let alone explains it.
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, Syriana is a fearless and ambitious piece of work, made with equal parts passion and calculation, an unapologetically entertaining major studio release with compelling real-world relevance, a film that takes numerous risks and thrives on them all. An Oscar winner for wri...
Difficult to understand
I borrowed this film as a result of all the hype. However, I found it difficult to understand, the dialogue was mumbled and some of the subtitles seemed to be missing. We are politically aware and can well believe the corruptions portrayed in this are true. However, films should entertain as well as educate and there was very little joy in this.
Too confusing for us to be bothered watching all the way through.
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I am surprised at the mixed reviews, I'd have given it an A+, very relevant today, I'm telling you people I'm writing a PhD thesis in China Studies and International Relations and this is simply a well dramatized version of a lot off the stuff that has been coming out in the journals in these fields in the last few years
Very good movie. I didn't care for Matt Damons role, but that was the only thing that wasn't interesting. How about the Arab prince spending $50,00 a night for a hotel?? What could possibly be in it? And the safari hunting ranch in Texas. Makes me wonder if Cheney was really after quail or hunting zebra and gemsbock. 8/10
there were some boring parts that could have been invested better. Many of George Cloony's movies carry a good message. I admire him for that. Good acting from all actors too..4/5.
I thought the movie was good when it came to talking about Oil Tycoons and the Middle East issues. The direcotr could have done a better job of storytelling, but in all it was pretty good movie.
