torstensonjohn The film revolves around the invasion of Iraq and why we were really there. The political connotations and drive of certain political people were relevant. It is a good story of fictional telling with some accuracy. The suspense/drama was decent in it's plot, the cast was a draw but not weathering the fallout of the premise. Matt Damon playing the lead was dull in it's entry. All in all it was a good film but not great.

Floated2 Green Zone has been classified as a rare miss for both Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass. We remember when Green Zone was first released showing the trailers, it was relatively hyped up and described as a "Bourne film in war". The film wasn't received as well as the first three Bourne films and has flopped at the box office. Within the story, It's 2003, where we see Matt Damon plays (Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller), head of a WMD-finding unit in Baghdad which keeps coming up empty at all the alleged sites. Suspecting bad leads, Miller goes maverick in his attempts to trace their original source, raising eyebrows and fighting the received orthodoxy. With all we know about the wool-pulling to make the case for war, it's a kick to follow a main character on the ground who smells a rat this early, wary of the stalling tactics the Pentagon are offering instead of conclusive proof.Overall Green Zone doesn't grad the attention as one would have hoped for. It has its moments but in comparison to the Bourne films, Green Zone doesn't stack up and comes up short. Also compared to the Hurt Locker, in which we can see some similarities but the Hurt Locker feels as much of a more superior film.

rajatdahiyax 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.

blanche-2 "Green Zone" is a 2010 film starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass based on the book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.Matt Damon plays Roy Miller, a Chief Warrant Officer who in 2003 is sent to Iran to find weapons of mass destruction.He can't find any.The search for WMD was in part instigated by the Pentagon's man in Baghdad, Poundstone (Greg Kinnear). When no weapons are found, Miller wonders why the intel is so bad. A Wall Street Journal reporter, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) tells Miller that Poundstone had secret talks in Jordan with someone with the code name Magellan, who claims there are weapons. Miller endeavors to get at the truth.Very interesting story with lots of action, and a good premise. I confess I haven't read the book so I have no idea how much is based on fact.The acting was very good. The director used a hand-held camera for some of the action scenes. I'm like another person who reviewed on this site. It doesn't really bother me.This film didn't do well at the box office; in fact, it didn't even break even. I know sometimes seeing a film in the theater is a different experience, but seeing it as a rental, it was good.