Another grossly overrated film.

Rating: 2/10 (6 January 2011)

I had much higher expectations than what this film delivers. It starts out slow, but reasonably well. It had a bit of potential, but it never delivered upon that potential. The pace is slow, and dreadfully so in many places. It starts off with what appears to be a fairly well done recreation of the early days of the American oil industry, including the blackmail of competitors to get them to sell out by controlling distribution. (Someone could say the same thing for the beverage industry, and most of the food distribution network today. Hint for someone who wants to make a documentary film!) While the main character has some depth, his transition from merely greedy to murderous hater of all humanity is a little abrupt to be completely believed. I found this movie primarily depressing, and a torture to sit all of the way through.