Syriana (2005)

6.4

England

Drama Thriller

128 min

2005

Peter Gerety David Clennon Ozzie Yue Viola Davis Mark Strong Tim Blake Nelson Akbar Kurtha Nadim Sawalha Max Minghella Jamey Sheridan Roger Yuan Shahid Ahmed Jocelyn Quivrin Richard Lintern George Clooney Daisy Tormé Steven Hinkle Nicky Henson Robert Foxworth Amr Waked Kayvan Novak Alexander Siddig Christopher Plummer William Hurt Amanda Peet Chris Cooper Jeffrey Wright Matt Damon

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.