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This world is strange  
by   Vangsgaard23Kelley

Political thriller of Oscar winner for the screenplay for the movie "Traffic", Stephen Gaghan, which was based on the notes of CIA agent Bob Baer, ​​is a mosaic of interwoven threads, more or less interacting with each other. Each story has its own hero and presents his point of view on power, the large oil corporation and the morality associated with it. CIA agent Bob Baer deals with the liquidation and infiltration of people suspected of international terrorism. In the closed eyes of his country, he is a quiet hero, the real equivalent of James Bond, who can be entrusted with dangerous missions and who is loyal to his superiors.


However, when a leak occurs and the agent runs into serious trouble, the government denies his actions, further instituting disciplinary action against him and blocking him access to any information. Colleagues from the office do not want to talk to him because they are afraid for their own careers. Baer must have known that in the event of a mishap, the government would not help him, but words look different than deeds. So looks the loyalty of superiors, the country, to the unit subordinated to it, which sacrificed itself to defend its borders against aggressors. All honors and decorations turn out to be brutal empty words. Bob Baer turns out to be one of many pawns, a doll whose strings are pulled by the government.

Just one meeting, one contract and dozens of people lose their jobs as a source of income. Such people include two Pakistanis, a father and son, who came to the USA to earn money for a decent life and bring their mother and wife to this land with "milk and honey flowing".

Wasim "accidentally" meets a person understanding his problems, close in terms of religion and belief, a person who recruits him to "people like them." In fact, it is a terrorist group, a fraction of a larger group, with a few slogans calling young Wasim and his colleague to a suicide attack to weaken the power of the oil corporation ... One of its employees is Bennett Holiday, an honest employee learning about "gifts" in the form of property benefits for high-ranking people to finalize a new multi-million contract. Originality in deficit Bryan Woodman becomes the financial and political adviser of the Arab prince, Nasir Al-Subai, who wants to introduce respect and voting rights for women into his culturally and politically backward country, wants to create a new parliament and an independent judiciary. At the same time, he doesn't want to do business on oil deposits with US agents. He immediately becomes an "unscrupulous" terrorist, godless communist. It also becomes the enemy and goal of the US. There are no leading characters in the film by Stephen Gaghan.

The heroes of each story serve here as a tool, a kind of catharsis to show us the whole world as one great political and social mud. In addition to the banal statements of the type, the world is ruled by money, rulers and big companies, "Syriana" draws important conclusions about the terrorism of Americans, who have been avoided in cinema so far, who, under the cover of big words, try to make the oppressed nations happy by force, in fact striving to attract the largest natural goods (as a consequence - material). When a nation opposes, does not want to enter into agreements with the United States, it is immediately perceived as terrorist. Opposite the shallow expectation of junk food The main (destructive) force, oracle, are the heads of powerful companies, who, in their opinion, are superpeople directing the worthless lives of ordinary mortals. The world is a kingdom of power, hypocrisy and using everyone to capitalize more capital.

All this, unfortunately, is a painful truth, achieved by the creators of an outstanding script, rough, even documentary photos, shots from the hand and brilliant directing. Now you can kiss the bride Stephen Gaghan does not hide anything, does not color, does not use cheap provocation, does not try to flirt the viewer with form, and raises important questions about the lack of morality of large corporations, the "oil fever" or terrorism, which they use and explain their reasons not only Muslims and Arabs, but also great enemies of terrorism, that is Americans. It is difficult to determine which of the acts of brutal violence is worse - the idea and fight for freedom or the calculation and desire to gain more and more power. It is very good that cinema (and in addition American!) Can in such an excellent, brilliant and, most importantly, real way to move and describe contemporary socio-political problems.

Let's face it, the reality outside the window is not colorful and nobody hides it.

On allegations of accepting property benefits, one of the heroes receives the answer: "Corruption is the government's impact on the efficiency of the stock exchange. Full control. We have the right to exactly that, so we can not escape it. Corruption is our protection. Corruption makes us safe and Corruption exists, that's why you and I are here, not wa

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