Green Zone (2010)
A great little film about the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, Green Zone, with Matt Damon. Paul Greengrass is back with Matt Damon (both from the Jason Bourne series) for this tight little war, political drama. Great action and realism, the film shows some of the chaos that went on over there.
Not to give away too much of the plot, the story revolves around the search for WMD or Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. The teams are going to locations provided by top intelligence from an Iraqi source about where the WMD are, only there is never anything there. The source, named Magellan, is trusted and never question despite the string of bad information as the American troops blindly follow lead after lead. So why did such bad information get into the system?
Regardless, the film is well made, the war effects are great, the chaos is well represented. Its an enjoyable evening with a war movie for anyone who like this sort of film. Have at it!
Rated R. 115 minutes (1 hour 55 minutes). Profanity is used quite liberally. As a war film, there is a lot of violence.
