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Green Zone

The Green Zone (AKA Imperial Life in the Emerald City)

2010

Paul Greengrass

Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan ...

6.4

27,084

War. Action. Thriller A thriller about a pair of CIA agents on the trail of certain Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent following their mission. It is 2003, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) and his team of inspectors have been dispatched by their commanders to find weapons believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Mark Dinning Empire	"Bourne goes epic. A wham-bam actioner, but its pointed political subtext ensures Damon and Greengrass deliver their most provocative mission yet. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Made with daring and passion, it attempts the impossible and comes remarkably close to pulling it off."
		Liam Lacey The Globe and Mail	"A crude paint-by-numbers fiction that keeps yelling about the importance of the truth while hurtling in the opposite direction."
		Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"Watchable in spite of Greengrass as much as because of him. The story is good enough to make viewers want to ignore the photography"
		David Edelstein Vulture	"The climax is as ludicrous as any Jack Bauer adventure, and Greengrass is always on shaky ground. Literally"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"Vivid and convincingly realistic (...) Greengrass' high-voltage action drama does a better job of defining where the U.S. went hopelessly wrong on Iraq than it does in creating a plausible suspense scenario."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Too little and too late? Maybe. But even in this Bourne Zone, Damon and Greengrass haven't shirked their duty to enlighten and entertain. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"No matter where your political gullibilities lie, 'Green Zone' is a riveting piece of actioneering"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"An energetic, frenzied thriller -- Paul Greengrass-style -- set in Iraq in the chaotic post-invasion days. (...) It's a remarkable film."
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Damon's prior appearances as Jason Bourne make him credible in this role"
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Yes, the film is fiction, employs farfetched coincidences and improbably places one man at the center of all the action. It is a thriller, not a documentary. (...) The bottom line is: This is one hell of a thriller. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"

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