Syriana (2005)

Genre

Drama | Thriller

Director

Stephen Gaghan

Country

United States

Cast

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Christopher Plummer, Amanda Peet, Chris Cooper, Tim Blake Nelson, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Robert Baer, Mazhar Munir, Alexander Siddig, Amr Waked, Akbar Kurtha, Viola Davis, Jayne Atkinson, Jamey Sheridan

Plot

The film is a combination of parallel stories of several characters having place in several locations: Emir, Assassination, Wasim, Merger and the Father-son.

Opinion

Syriana is a cynical film, without any consolation or hope, reveals plots and at the same time leaves a thousand of unanswered questions. I appreciated the choice of using the languages of those locations ( English, French, Arabic, Urdu and Farsi).

Matt Damon's character is superfluous, he doesn't add anything else. Useless the final scene when he returns home to his family.

Quotes

Dean Whiting: In this town, you're innocent until you're investigated.

Prince Nasir Al-Subaai: Americans love to drill holes in other people's countries.

Rating

7.2/10