Blimey this is a puzzler. A movie that makes you work hard to keep up but is still confusing (and I doubt that those without some knowledge of ‘oil politics’ would have a clue) and makes the situation re the oil and the Middle East clearer. Helluva achievement. It also throws in a convincing explanation for suicide bombers (ie they are created by economic not religious reasons). Cracking performances; edgy (handheld much of the time) direction; the writer of Traffic has created another fabulous political film. (DVD) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365737/
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