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Genres:
Drama, Action & Adventure
Language:
English
Running time:
1:54:46
Partner rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Matt Damon Roy Miller
  2. Greg Kinnear Clark Poundstone
  3. Brendan Gleeson Martin Brown
  4. Amy Ryan Lawrie Dayne
  5. Khalid Abdalla Freddy
  6. Jason Isaacs Briggs
  7. Antoni Corone Colonel Lyons
  8. Igal Naor Al Rawi
  9. Said Faraj Seyyed Hamza
  10. Aymen Hamdouchi Ayad Hamza

Directors

  1. Paul Greengrass

Producers

  1. Tim Bevan
  2. Eric Fellner
  3. Lloyd Levin
  4. Paul Greengrass

Writers

  1. Brian Helgeland

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Green Zone

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United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary exposé Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone. A onetime Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. The... United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary exposé Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone. A onetime Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. The resulting governing body, according to critics, existed in a bubble so far-removed from the grim realities of the Iraq War that it failed to properly assess the needs of the people. In this fictional thriller set during the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad, director Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland use Chandrasekaran's journalistic account as the foundation for the story of an officer who joins forces with a senior CIA officer to unearth evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is certain that Hussein has been stockpiling WMDs in the Iraqi desert, but in their race from one empty site to the next, they soon stumble across evidence of an elaborate cover up. As a result, Miller realizes that operatives on both sides of the conflict are attempting to spin the story in their favor. Now, as Miller searches for answers made ever more elusive by covert and faulty intelligence, the truth becomes the most valuable weapon of all. Will those answers prove pivotal in clearing a rogue regime, or escalate the war in a region that grows increasingly unstable with each passing day? Amy Ryan co-stars as the New York Times foreign correspondent who travels to Iraq investigating the U.S. government's allegations about weapons of mass destruction, with Greg Kinnear appearing in the role of an additional CIA officer, and Antoni Corone essaying the role of a colonel. Brendan Gleeson rounds out the main cast for this Universal Pictures production.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

53%Tomatometer score: 53% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Laremy Legel, Film.com Green Zone is the rare miss from frequent collaborators Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass. – Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor It's one thing for the filmmakers to (sort of) fictionalize real people, but Green Zone wraps up with a wish-fulfillment fantasy that is about as believable as watching reinforcements riding in to... – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy Green Zone continues Greengrass and Damon's collaboration on making action films for the 'thinking person'. – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph Breathless, yes, but oddly disengaged, in the first Greengrass project yet where you feel he's delivering just on par. – Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] Green Zone has technical flair, but we expect more from Greengrass. – Full review External link

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