living in the middle east ( in israel ) and i be excite when i buy my ticket for syriana . have see the trailer and and be a thriller lover and i expect to see first of all a fast moving and breath catching movie and which wisely dip in global policy making and the relation between oil and power and corruption and from a fresh angle . well and i almost leave the movie in the middle . the pace be painfully slow and almost all character be stereotype and the intertwined editing make understand the logic very difficult and but and a steve rhodes write in his review and in the end you do not care . save your money and save your time and choose another movie . robi chernitsky .