"This is a fight to the death"

One of my favorite movies is Syriana written and directed by Stephen Gaghan.  It came out in 2005 when crude oil prices first spiked.  The movie was not a big hit and I can understand why.  It is a very complicated movie.  The geopolitics of oil is a difficult subject to understand.  The movie weaves three separate stories into one:

1. The story of Wasim, the Pakistani oil worker who loses his job.  This subplot deals with the role of radical Islam.
2. The Emir and the oil analyst played by Matt Damon.  This is my favorite storyline.  We see the young Emir desperately wanting to change his country for the better but is held back by pressures within his country and foreign influence from the United States.
3. Assassination attempt by the CIA agent played by George Clooney.  The dark side of US foreign policy in the Middle East is presented here.

Here is one of my favorite quote from the movie:

They're thinking that it's running out, it's running out and 90% of whats left is in the Middle East. Look at the progression, Versailles, Suez, 1973, Gulf War 1, Gulf War 2. This is a fight to the death.