Black Gold (2011)
Directed by
Jean-Jacques Annaud this film based on the novel South of the Heart:
A Novel Of Modern Arabia stars Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio
Bandaras and Freida Pinto. A young Arab prince is caught in the
struggle between modernisation and tradition as oil wealth comes to
the Arabian peninsula.
The subtext of this
film is clearly to look at the choices facing nations in the Arab
world that struggle between sudden vast wealth from oil but strong,
conservative, religious traditions hold back progress. Where the film
has problems is that the story does not really reflect either actual
history or the situation on the ground, being more of an over
simplification that does not really offer any concrete solutions. As
a piece of pure entertainment it is not bad but a lot of the action
sequences seem to borrow heavily from the exploits of Lawrence of
Arabia and the romance element is largely unbelievable.
2/5
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