A Matt Damon movie, the Green Zone is somewhat similar to his Bourne series of films. This movie is action packed just like the Bourne movies but instead of a spy thriller, it is a war drama. It's set in 2003 and Damon and his team are searching for WMDs weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This films name refers to the area set up around the government grounds of the one time leader of the people of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's palace also known as the Emerald City.
Onetime Washington Post Baghdad Bureau chief correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran wrote a book by the same name and the movie is based on this book. The book's author was there when the US troupes attempted to set up the temporary government on the Hussein former palace grounds. There have been many critics along the way that have noted this new government was built in somewhat of a glass castle which was so far removed from reality of the Iraq War that it could only fail in meeting the needs of the people being served in that country, something the US did not want.
Taking so much of the truth and stretching it until it become fiction is what director Paul Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland did with Chandrasekaran's book. They used it as a starting point for the actual US led occupation of Bagdad to begin their movie. Greengrass was the director for United 93 about the plane crash in Pennsylvania on 9-11. This movie has Damon's character linking up with a CIA agent, Brendon Gleeson of the popular Beowulf and In Burges, in order to search for evidence that the Iraq people or government, or both, are hiding WMDs. A senior CIA bureau member, Gleeson's character and Damon's character, an officer, can only help each other so much.
Cast in the role of the New York Times foreign correspondent is Amy Ryan from the Office and Gone Baby Gone. She has traveled to Iraq to look into the accusations being lobbied from the US about the weapons of mass destruction. Greg Kennear of late night talk show fame and recently The Last Song, makes a special appearance as another CIA agent who is trying to spin the story to his liking and not necessarily to the truth or as the reporter might see things.
Damon's character can only find out the source of Ryan's information is Magellan and he hunts everywhere for the identity of this secret name. But Ryan is a true journalist and will not give up her source so it says as Magellan and the weapon's of mass destructions remains a mystery. Damon's character will even confront Ryan's character about her sources but she holds fast to her journalistic convictions and will not reveal them. This only proves to thicken the plot.
Damon's character does not give up and keeps going even though he is being feed faulty Intel and someone is playing with covert operations. Damon's character will come up empty handed, time and time again. There seems to be so much information out there that Damon's character is not allowed to see and sometimes, when he gets close, he also gets caught in a gun battle only to fight his way out. Even people in his own unit are telling him to let it go. Damon's a good solider and determined to do the right thing for America and the people of Iraq so he carries on.
After a while, it becomes clear that Kinnear's character is working against Damon's character and not with him. Damon's character is kidnapped and fights his way to freedom. The quest for the truth becomes his most valuable weapon in Damon's character's bag of tricks but leaves the audience with many unanswered questions.
By the end of the move, all questions should be answered, maybe leaving one or two for a sequel. Will Damon's character help the rouge regimen in clearing up their act or will the violence continue to escalade to unstable conditions? The Green Zone is a great movie for those who love intrigue and war with their movies and non-stop action. Director Greengrass was also Damon's director in two of the Bourne movies so audiences are guaranteed a great film. - 40728
Onetime Washington Post Baghdad Bureau chief correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran wrote a book by the same name and the movie is based on this book. The book's author was there when the US troupes attempted to set up the temporary government on the Hussein former palace grounds. There have been many critics along the way that have noted this new government was built in somewhat of a glass castle which was so far removed from reality of the Iraq War that it could only fail in meeting the needs of the people being served in that country, something the US did not want.
Taking so much of the truth and stretching it until it become fiction is what director Paul Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland did with Chandrasekaran's book. They used it as a starting point for the actual US led occupation of Bagdad to begin their movie. Greengrass was the director for United 93 about the plane crash in Pennsylvania on 9-11. This movie has Damon's character linking up with a CIA agent, Brendon Gleeson of the popular Beowulf and In Burges, in order to search for evidence that the Iraq people or government, or both, are hiding WMDs. A senior CIA bureau member, Gleeson's character and Damon's character, an officer, can only help each other so much.
Cast in the role of the New York Times foreign correspondent is Amy Ryan from the Office and Gone Baby Gone. She has traveled to Iraq to look into the accusations being lobbied from the US about the weapons of mass destruction. Greg Kennear of late night talk show fame and recently The Last Song, makes a special appearance as another CIA agent who is trying to spin the story to his liking and not necessarily to the truth or as the reporter might see things.
Damon's character can only find out the source of Ryan's information is Magellan and he hunts everywhere for the identity of this secret name. But Ryan is a true journalist and will not give up her source so it says as Magellan and the weapon's of mass destructions remains a mystery. Damon's character will even confront Ryan's character about her sources but she holds fast to her journalistic convictions and will not reveal them. This only proves to thicken the plot.
Damon's character does not give up and keeps going even though he is being feed faulty Intel and someone is playing with covert operations. Damon's character will come up empty handed, time and time again. There seems to be so much information out there that Damon's character is not allowed to see and sometimes, when he gets close, he also gets caught in a gun battle only to fight his way out. Even people in his own unit are telling him to let it go. Damon's a good solider and determined to do the right thing for America and the people of Iraq so he carries on.
After a while, it becomes clear that Kinnear's character is working against Damon's character and not with him. Damon's character is kidnapped and fights his way to freedom. The quest for the truth becomes his most valuable weapon in Damon's character's bag of tricks but leaves the audience with many unanswered questions.
By the end of the move, all questions should be answered, maybe leaving one or two for a sequel. Will Damon's character help the rouge regimen in clearing up their act or will the violence continue to escalade to unstable conditions? The Green Zone is a great movie for those who love intrigue and war with their movies and non-stop action. Director Greengrass was also Damon's director in two of the Bourne movies so audiences are guaranteed a great film. - 40728
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