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Day-lewis is spellbinding ; Adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, the film dissects the life of a charismatic trailblazer, who is gradually corrupted by power and greed.

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From: Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
Date: 20080704
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Adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, the film dissects the life of a charismatic trailblazer, who is gradually corrupted by power and greed.

By 1911, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) has made a modest fortune buying plots of land and draining them of oil. A tip-off leads him to a rural community in the thrall of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano).

Daniel establishes one of his rigs and taps into a huge underground reserve of black gold. The tug of war between business and the church threatens the entire enterprise, pitting Daniel against an increasingly evangelical Eli ...

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