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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella). But his last secret mission, .. Read more
| Starring | George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright |
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| Director | Stephen Gaghan |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella). But his last secret mission, getting rid of Prince Nasir (Alexander Siddig), turns out to be more complicated than he imagined, placing him in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy involving government corruption, oil, and international terrorism. Matt Damon plays Bryan Woodman, an energy man whose ethics become vulnerable after the horrific loss of one of his sons. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., lawyers Bennett Holiday (Jeffrey Wright) and Dean Whiting (Christopher Plummer) also must choose between the government's special interests and what's best for the world (as well as their own special interests).
| Starring | George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Siddig |
|---|---|
| Director | Stephen Gaghan |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 8 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 2 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, Audio Description HD DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, English, Hebrew, Icelandic LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 08 Jul 2010 To Rent: DVD: 10 Jul 2006 HD DVD: not available Blu-ray: 04 Dec 2006 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
This fighting-mad film isn't just hot, its' incendiary. And no one gets off the hook. You see it with the exhilarating feeling that a movie can make a difference
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Complex but intriguing - a political film for today
Syriana follows the multi-plot narrative that films such as Traffic and Crash did so well. Four stories are told, each interdependent on the other. One is about... read more »
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Let Me Think . .
The opening five minutes give you quite a fair idea of the type of movie you are about to see. One with bombs, and Sheiks, and spies, and politics. But mostly ... read more »
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Convoluted - it should have been better
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Boring and slow
This film is really dull and does not flow at all. Trying hard to be arty. We turned it off.
Conceived in the aftermath of 9/11 by Steve Martin (yes, that one) and director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Traitor proved too topical for comfort and took six years to get made – and another to cross the Atlantic. The lull probably isn’t to the film’s advantage, especially as bigger budget items like Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies and The Kingdom have stolen some of its thunder. The reliably excellent and still under-utilised Don Cheadle produced it through his company and stars... Read more