“When a country has five percent of the world’s population but does fifty percent of its military spending, then the persuasive powers of that country are on the decline.”
A gripping thriller focused on an oil co merger, spider-webbing out from there to involve the CIA, Saudi royals, and Washington power-players — it’s a demanding film, complex and never stopping to explain anything, it weaves a complex political portrait of the US’s capitalism and foreign policy.
★★★★✩