A movie with something to uncover(contains spoilers)

Last night I saw Syriana, starring Matt Damon and George Clooney. I really enjoyed this movie; it has politics and drama and is composed of many small stories from different people on different sides of the oil industry to uncover how everything is connected in this Industry. From the billion dollar deals made by Texan oil tycoons, or the investigations by CIA operatives out of Washington D.C to the days work of immigrant workers in the gulf coast. It weaves all of their stories together into these two and a half hours of drama and suspense. I haven’t had to tell people to "sshhh" in an R rated movie with a theater composed of adults before but this movie was so suspenseful and in a way confusing I heard many people whispering "who's that" or "what does that mean". I think what happens for many people in a movie like this is they focus on one of the many stories, one aspect of the film captures them the most. For me it was the story of two immigrant Pakistani workers and their life of labor, religion and love. They work hard in the refineries all day and live in immigrant housing complex; these "houses" are small trailers with nothing inside but beds on the wall. What was most entrancing about their story is how the charismatic leader of a religious cleric quickly got them devoted to his cause, and how they worshiped him in a way because that was their only vent. The only other thing in their life asides from work. Towards the end of the movie two major companies merge and they begin to fill a tanker with oil, and shake hands: people applaud and take pictures. Then one of the teens asks his father for bus money gives him a hug and leaves without a word, doesn't look back. Then you see hundreds of little boats and the two teens operating one of the many. One teen drives the boat and the other played by Mazhar Munir grips the rail at the front of the boat and whispers something about the next life. Before the boats collide the screen goes blank but it is evident that they were suicide bombers and the boats were filled with explosives. This was the real turning point in the movie; this is when the tagline "everything is connected" makes sense. This when you finally saw all the hardships and struggles of this industry. This when you saw how SUV driving soccer moms and poor immigrant workers and connected. This film uncovers the oil industry and what it does to millions of people around the world and how recently this industry is becoming more of a fight to the death battle for the remaining supply of oil. Oil: the greatest natural resource in all human history is running out, and unless we find alternative sources of energy it will be just as this movie depicted a fight to the death. The story of these two teens is particularly entrancing, it gets under the skin and lingers long after it is viewed. In Christianity suicide is a sin, and it is possible that one might not go to heaven if they commit suicide. But from the teachings of this charismatic cleric death by suicide is the greatest honor that life has to offer. This is what to live for. These two teens were so young, there was so much they hadn't experienced or done yet. At one point in the movie they reveal that they are both virgins this is how young and unexposed they were. Yet they gave their lives for this ambiguous cause. I recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in the economics and/or politics of this complex industry.