Language: EnglishRelease Year: 2010
Cast: Matt Damon, Yigal Naor, Khalid Abdalla, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan
Producer: Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, Lloyd Levin
Director: Paul Greengrass
Green Zone english movie review
Based on the book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Washington Post journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Green Zone is an important film that questions the entire US offensive in Iraq which began on the pretext of destroying the WMDs. But as it turns out, and as Sergeant Roy Miller (Matt Damon) discovers, there are no weapons of mass destruction to be found. So what's the war for? And why has an entire country been turned to rubble?
And in case, there's still room for doubt on the part of some diehard US patriots, the film maker uses his Iraqi protagonist to state the seminal truth: It is not for you decide what happens in this country, the local tells Damon. The film has been touted as the fourth Jason Bourne film, since it brings together the same team of Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon and uses a similar narrative technique of dizzy camera angles, breathless chase sequences and the fast cut.
A forewarning: don't go looking for the Bourne effect and you'll enjoy the relevance of this film which dares to question and debate.
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