The US government is unhappy with Prince Nasir's decision to award the contract to the Chinese, and in combination with issues around illegal weapons, the CIA assigns field agent Bob Barnes, who has experience in the Middle East, to assassinate the Prince, whose eventual leadership would further undermine US oil security. Syriana screens on SBS Australia, Friday 20 April. He hopes to succeed his father as emir, but his younger brother is chosen instead. As it would have made USA bear heavy loss. The dealers are later revealed to be Iranian Intelligence agents. Holiday acknowledges that if the name were big enough, the DOJ would stop the investigation and allow the merger. [9] He did his own legwork, meeting with oil traders in London and lawyers in Washington, D.C. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 73% based on 198 reviews, with an average score of 6.89/10. I think "Syriana" is a great film. And that fact unleashes corruption that stretches from Houston to Washington to the Mideast. The events in the film are fictional, but only barely so. [19] Censor authorities in some parts of the Middle East censored parts of the movie, because it depicted foreigners being ill-treated. As an ethnic term, "Syrian" came to refer in Antiquity to Semitic peoples living outside Mesopotamian and Arabian areas. Woodman, having earlier offered his seat in Nasir's car to a member of the prince's family, survives the drone strike and goes home to his wife and remaining son. Search for more names by meaning . It all started to click for me. In Syriana, it's the American CIA agent being tortured by an Arab! Woodman's supervisor directs him to attend a private party hosted by the Emir at his private estate in Marbella, Spain, to offer his company's services. This is a brutal line of dialogue and creates a moment trembling with tension. [10], Gaghan has cited as influences on Syriana, European films like Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City, Costa Gavras' Z, and Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers.[11]. Source: Getty. Woodman though initially insulted by the offer, gradually becomes his economic advisor. Syriana Analysis is an independent political commentary channel managed by Kevork Almassian. "[26] Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote, "it's also the kind of movie that requires a viewer to work actively for comprehension, and to chalk up any lack of same to his or her own deficiency in the face of something so evidently smart. While investigating Connex-Killen's records, Holiday discovers a wire transfer of funds that leads back to a transaction between Texas oilman and Killen colleague Danny Dalton and Kazakh officials. This isn't about Left and Right but about Have and Have Not. The manager explained that she hadn't wanted to drop Cornelius, but his work took up too much space, space for which there was a lot of competition. At the same time, an obscure oil company named Killen signs a deal to drill for oil in Kazakhstan. "[31], Ebert named it the second-best film of 2005, behind Crash. Bob learns of the plan and attempts to warn Nasir, but is blown to bits along with Nasir by a Predator attack from the CIA. What is a sovereign nation, but a collective of greed run by one individual? As with Gaghan's screenplay for Traffic, Syriana uses multiple, parallel storylines, jumping from locations in Texas, Washington D.C., Switzerland, Spain, and the Middle East, leading film critic Ebert to describe the film as hyperlink cinema. The drama is a mystery thriller about Go Hye Ran (played by Kim Nam Joo ), an anchorwoman who becomes a murder suspect, and her rocky relationship with. 22 May 2010. [6] Another source of inspiration came from 9/11 and Gaghan's lack of knowledge about the Middle East. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. While on assignment in Tehran to kill two arms dealers, Barnes notices that one of two anti-aircraft missiles intended to be used in a bombing was diverted to an Egyptian, while the other explodes and kills the two arms dealers. Split is the second part of the Unbreakable trilogy directed by M Night Shyamalan. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Syriana". Wasim desperately searches for work but is refused because he doesn't speak good Arabic. The emirate's foreign minister, Prince Nasir (Alexander Siddig) has granted natural gas drilling rights to a Chinese company, greatly upsetting the US oil industry and government. An American economist parlays the death of his son into a contract to advise the sheik the CIA wants dead. The term describes movies in which the characters inhabit separate stories, but we gradually discover how those in one story are connected to those in another. When the CIA learns that Mussawi plans to broadcast the agency's intention to kill Nasir, they set Barnes up as a scapegoat, portraying him as a rogue officer. The diversity of locations and four centuries of architecture, much of it untouched, help keep Maryland's . I am unable to make my reasons clear without resorting to meaningless generalizations. "Syriana" was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for best screenplay adaptation for "Traffic," another hyperlink movie. Ashes To Ashes co-creator Matthew Graham has described last night's final episode. [15], The movie's website states that "Syriana is a real term used by Washington think-tanks to describe a hypothetical reshaping of the Middle East. Wasim and his friend join a madrasa to learn Arabic in order to improve their employment prospects. Since the company had provided food and lodging, the workers face the threat of deportation due to their unemployed status. I can't actually live.' Corruption is our protection. The jobless Pakistanis join a fundamentalist group. "[20] The film has a score of 76 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 40 critics indicating "Generally favorable reviews". The movie seems to take sides, but take a step back and look again. Adults only. The CIA also needs one when its plot to kill the Emir-apparent fails. Harrison Ford turned down the role of Bob Barnes (the role played by George Clooney), regretting it later, stating, "I didn't feel strongly enough about the truth of the material and I think I made a mistake. This page explains both of the two endings that you can find in the game's campaign. If the Emir found out, it could threaten Prince Nasir ascension to the throne and thus derail the democratization process. Pope asks Holiday whether a person at Holiday's firm above him would be sufficient as the additional body. Asked by Yokyah R #1043533. That was how I wanted to relate to it. Regardless of which ending you see, the story concludes with a final scene near. The sheik awards Damon's firm a $100 million contract. "It wasn't the fault of the film or director", he explained. Corruption? "Syriana" is an endlessly fascinating movie about oil and money, America and China, traders and spies, the Gulf States and Texas, reform and revenge, bribery and betrayal. In the film, Connex-Killen is loosely based on ExxonMobil and their deal for the Tengiz oil field in 2003. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Syriana A CIA agent is betrayed by his contact who he tries to hire to assassinate a Saudi Prince on behalf of the US government, and then he is betrayed by the CIA agency as well. More for Syriana Mistakes Barnes is close to death and Mussawi is ready to kill Barnes. You now have little tic-tac-toe designs on your eyeballs. A recent blog item coined a term like "hyperlink movie" to describe plots like this. [7][11] Also, a role played by Greta Scacchi, as Bob Barnes' wife, was also cut before the final release. R 2006 126 minutes Save Rate movie Parents say not rated for age Based on 2 reviews Kids say age 13+ Based on 4 reviews Watch or buy Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Connex announces a merger with Killen, to get its hands on the oil, but the merger inspires a Justice Department investigation, and --. I liked the way I experienced the film: I couldn't explain the story, but I never felt lost in it. Janus is able to accept the "Oil Industry Man of the Year" award with a load taken off his shoulders. Ending 3: Anna lives. As an ethnic term, "Syrian" came to refer in Antiquity to Semitic peoples living outside Mesopotamian and Arabian areas. In the process, Woodman learns of Prince Nasir's western leanings and his want to change radically his country into a western democracy with a diversified economy. The website's consensus states, "Ambitious, complicated, intellectual, and demanding of its audience, Syriana is both a gripping geopolitical thriller and wake-up call to the complacent. Kez Sahiplerini Buldu", "18th Annual USC Scripter Award Winner Announced", "WGA Announces Nominees for Writers Guild Awards", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syriana&oldid=1135835018, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 04:03. Written and directed by one of Hollywoods most coveted screenwriters, Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Traffic, Syriana weaves an intricate web of thrilling parallel stories, bound together by the global effects of the oil industry. Thinking she's been abandoned, Powder is approached by . Woodman, having earlier offered his seat in Nasir's car to a member of the prince's family, survives the drone strike and goes home to his wife and remaining son. Syriana is a complex espionage thriller involving government corruption, oil, and international terrorism. He told Rolling Stone: "I was at a point where I thought, I can't exist like this. [5] As with Gaghan's screenplay for Traffic, Syriana uses multiple, parallel storylines, jumping between locations in Iran, Texas, Washington, D.C., Switzerland, Spain, and Lebanon. Prince Nasir Al-Subaai (Alexander Siddig) decides to give the oil rights to the Chinese, instead of the USA. Bob Barnes is a veteran CIA officer trying to stop illegal arms trafficking in the Middle East. He got a goddamn Nobel prize. Ask and answer questions. The prince is about to do this because his brother has been named heir to the King's throne and oil export empire. 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. Barnes travels to Lebanon, obtains safe passage from a Hezbollah leader, and hires a mercenary named Mussawi to help kidnap and kill Nasir. American oil companies Connex and smaller Killen are undergoing a merger, the new company named Connex-Killen. U.S. Attorney Donald Farish III then strong-arms Holiday into giving the DOJ information about illegal activities he has discovered. [18], Syriana was released on November 23, 2005 in limited release in only five theaters grossing $374,502 on its opening weekend. Parts of the film were shot in Lebanon, Dubai and other parts of the Middle East. Individual scenes have fierce focus and power, but the film's overall drift stands apart from them. 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