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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 73%, Metacritic 76/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 1,500 audience votes. Scores higher than 73% of the 3,247 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic76/100
1,541 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen GaghanDirector
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen GaghanWriter
Cast
- George ClooneyBob Barnes
- Matt DamonBryan Woodman
- Jeffrey WrightBennett Holiday
- Chris CooperJimmy Pope
- Amanda PeetJulie Woodman
- William HurtStan
- Christopher PlummerDean Whiting
- Alexander SiddigPrince Nasir Al-Subaai
- Kayvan NovakArash
- Amr WakedMohammed Sheik Agiza
- Robert FoxworthTommy Barton
- Nicky HensonSydney Hewitt
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Themes
petrolcentral intelligence agency (cia)middle eastcapitalismglobalizationpersiawar on terrorconspiracyfalse flaggeopoliticsus imperialismwar for oil
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