Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)

Backstabbing for Beginners: Directed by Per Fly. With Theo James, Ben Kingsley, Belçim Bilgin, Jacqueline Bisset. A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq’s oil reserves.

“Apparently a fictionalized account of Michael Soussanu0026#39;s 2008 memoir of the same name. Theo James stars as Michael Sulliivan, a 24-year-old hired for a high position at the United Nations to help administer the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq after the First Gulf War. Heu0026#39;ll be a Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General (Ben Kingsley).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe seemingly naive Michael will soon find himself in the midst of massive corruption, kickbacks, yes-backstabbing, and even murder, with so many billions of dollars at stake. Some of the decision making by him and others had me often shaking my head in disbelief. Moving into the ridiculous, why did Kingsleyu0026#39;s character u0026quot;Pashau0026quot; find it necessary to use the u0026quot;fu0026quot; word in just about every sentence?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, just not enough dramatic tension here to make this a really engrossing movie. It did have its moments but I canu0026#39;t rate it higher than fair.”