peek at peak oil with ‘Syriana’ and ‘The Deal’

Syriana, Stephan Gaghan’s intellectual thriller from last year, can’t help but get more relevant with every passing moment, because with every passing moment, we’re closer to the day the oil supply starts getting really tight and the gloves finally come off, like they are here. This is a quietly terrifying flick, with its deep web of encouraged corruption and extralegal collusion among governments and corporations in a global race to secure the last remaining drops of oil for those unwilling to give up the hegemony they’ve worked so hard to gain -- to wit: the United States.

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