Sunday, July 24, 2011

Green Zone (2010)

The Plot
The movie is about the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)scenario in Iraq. US Soldier Roy Miller heads the WMD unit and he leads his team to many spots but they don't uncover any WMD. He starts suspecting the US intel that they are provided.

With the help of a journalist Lawrie Dayne, another US official Martin Brown, a local Iraqi citizen Freddie, Miller uncovers the truth about the actual WMD scenario from General Mohammad Al Rawi, the former right hand man of Saddam.

Miller comes to know that the US Govt. had actually faked the intel and that there is no WMD in Iraq ever since 1991. He realizes that this war is a major sham to just eliminate Saddam and take over Iraq for the oil and other such reserves. He exposes this in the end to the media.

                                                                 
Hits

  • Matt Damon is the single biggest force in the movie and he carries this action movie on his shoulders with his charisma and intensity
  • The depiction of firing and other such standard army procedures is quite authentic. 
  • The screenplay is action packed all through. Not much space for long dialogues et al. 
VERDICT
Though the movie is cinematic in that, a single soldier exposes a major military scam, it is still a worthy movie from the 'Bourne' director-actor combo of Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon. Yet another US-Iraq war movie.  

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