Green Zone (2010)

Release Date:

March 12, 2010

Director: Paul Greengrass
Writer(s): Brian Helgeland
Genre: Action, Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 115 mins

Cast

General Al Rawi: Yigal Naor
Seyyed Hamza: Said Faraj
Al Rawi Bodygard: Faycal Attougui
Ayad Hamza: Aymen Hamdouchi
Roy Miller: Matt Damon

Review



During the invasion of Iraq Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his men are in search of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Their search locations are tipped off by an Iraqi informant, codenamed "Magellan". If Murphy's Law stated "Anything that can go right will go right" this movie would be its poster child. Everything worked out way too easy throughout the film. For those game-heads out there, you will like the COD effect (Call of Duty for you non-gamers) in Green Zone. I wouldn't consider this film patriotic as the audience's subliminal conclusion is why are we in Iraq now? On the other hand, this film does not seem true-to-life despite what the media chooses to show. Nevertheless, Matt Damon is awesome. I don't know why Jason Bourne is in Iraq but he certainly kicks ass. 

Favorite Quote
Roy Miller: Was it the same source we been using on? Every site we've hit on the way up here we rolled a donut.