Back in 2003, there was much talk about WMD's, weapons of mass destructions in Iraq. Matt Damon plays a character in Green Zone who leads a troupe into Iraq during this time period in order to locate the WMS's only to find drama and intrigue, much like his famed Bourne series of movies. The Bourne movies were spy thrillers and this movie is a war drama and packs action at every turn. The colorful title refers to the Emerald City that was set up near former leader Saddam Hussein's Place where much of the trouble begins and ends.
Washington Post chief correspondent, onetime only, Rajiv Chandrasekaran penned a book by the same name and this movie is loosely based on that book. Chandrasekaran was witness to the American troupes as they attempted to put in a temporary government for the people of Iraq on the grounds of Hussein's crumbling palace. Unfortunately, critics have said that this new government was built in a bubble, far from the actual needs of the Iraq War and this could only mean failure. They were not meeting the needs of the people that needed to be served in the country, something many believed 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.
Rounding out the all-star cast is Greg Kennear of the Last Song and Amy Ryan of Gone Baby Gone and the Office. Ryan portrays a foreign correspondent from the New York Times who has traveled to Iraq to dispute accusations about the weapons of mass destructions against the US. Kennear's characters is another CIA agent who desperately wants to get Damon's character out of his hair and keep spinning this situation in good light, no matter the truth.
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.
Because of covert operations and faulty Intel, Damon's character keeps coming up empty-handed and most of the time feels as if he's being sent on a 'wild goose chase'. There is so much information he is not privy to and most of the time he is caught in the middle of an unknown source of gunfire and people in his own unit trying to tell him to leave things the way they are. Damon's soldier is a determined character and desperately wants to do the right thing for the people of Iraq and the American people, so he moves on.
It becomes clear that Damon's character's quest for the truth is the most valuable weapon of all when he's kidnapped and then escapes in a battle-royal against several men. What he finds out after this is that Kinnear's character has been working against him and not with him. With this part cleared up, there are still several unanswered questions.
Many questions will be answered by the end of the film, such as will Damon's character help a rouge regimen clear up their act or will the escalading violence continue to climb in such an unstable condition as to become a prelude to second movie? The Green Zone should be seen by everyone and anyone who enjoys suspense, war and intrigue in their movies. Director Greengrass is also the director of several of Damon's Bourne movies; therefore audiences will not be disappointed. - 40729
Washington Post chief correspondent, onetime only, Rajiv Chandrasekaran penned a book by the same name and this movie is loosely based on that book. Chandrasekaran was witness to the American troupes as they attempted to put in a temporary government for the people of Iraq on the grounds of Hussein's crumbling palace. Unfortunately, critics have said that this new government was built in a bubble, far from the actual needs of the Iraq War and this could only mean failure. They were not meeting the needs of the people that needed to be served in the country, something many believed 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.
Rounding out the all-star cast is Greg Kennear of the Last Song and Amy Ryan of Gone Baby Gone and the Office. Ryan portrays a foreign correspondent from the New York Times who has traveled to Iraq to dispute accusations about the weapons of mass destructions against the US. Kennear's characters is another CIA agent who desperately wants to get Damon's character out of his hair and keep spinning this situation in good light, no matter the truth.
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.
Because of covert operations and faulty Intel, Damon's character keeps coming up empty-handed and most of the time feels as if he's being sent on a 'wild goose chase'. There is so much information he is not privy to and most of the time he is caught in the middle of an unknown source of gunfire and people in his own unit trying to tell him to leave things the way they are. Damon's soldier is a determined character and desperately wants to do the right thing for the people of Iraq and the American people, so he moves on.
It becomes clear that Damon's character's quest for the truth is the most valuable weapon of all when he's kidnapped and then escapes in a battle-royal against several men. What he finds out after this is that Kinnear's character has been working against him and not with him. With this part cleared up, there are still several unanswered questions.
Many questions will be answered by the end of the film, such as will Damon's character help a rouge regimen clear up their act or will the escalading violence continue to climb in such an unstable condition as to become a prelude to second movie? The Green Zone should be seen by everyone and anyone who enjoys suspense, war and intrigue in their movies. Director Greengrass is also the director of several of Damon's Bourne movies; therefore audiences will not be disappointed. - 40729
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