Very loosely based on former CIA operative Robert Baer's incendiary 2002 memoir
See No Evil, TRAFFIC screenwriter Stephen Gaghan's second turn as a feature director envisions an all-too-real world in which oil-company profits trump the war against terrorism in a Middle East about to explode. The spark that threatens to ignite this tinderbox is the announcement that Prince Nasir (Alexander Siddig), an unnamed Persian Gulf nation's heir apparent, has refused to re-sign a key natural-gas contract with Texas-based petroleum giant Connex, instead handing drilling rights to the highest bidder, the Chinese. Prince Nasir is more interested in his country's future than...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
126 mins