Green Zone

[Earende]

Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic
early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.

Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a
war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809976147/trailer

Office Website: http://www.greenzonemovie.com/

(In theaters March 12th)

[Zen Elipsys]

In all honesty, I’m not sure the re-edit saved this movie. It’s bogged down with political messages and heavy handed approaches to proving Greengrass’ points. And I think that the shaking, hand held camera style of shooting will hurt this movie. There is a lot of it.
The trouble that this movie gets itself into is that it wants the war to be black and white. The story paints a picture so that there is absolutely no doubt who is evil, Kinnear and the good, Damon. It creates an environment that leaves absolutely no room for ambiguity. The film is also filled with small speeches by Iraqis that are so on the nose and so overly melodramatic that the movie can’t help but come to screeching halt. The movie drowns in it’s own crystal clear hindsight.

[Earende]

Great review Zen. Thanks for your input! Funny you should mention screeching halt...but, during an early screening, (Greengrass was even there), the response was not good. It only got a weak round of applause and most people did not seem to be enjoying themselves during the film or after.

[Zen Elipsys]

I think they were betting on the 'Bourne' series and Damon's recognizable stardom to work it's magic. And frankly, that's what made me go see it, but word will spread quickly that this is not worth the bucks to leave the crib to see....rent it, if you have no better selections...

[Bruno]

What's that song that's playing on the new trailer showing on the tube now---it is sweeeeeet!

[Maxim Oleksyn]

The song is a remixed/edited version of 'The Bird & The Worm' by The Used.

Excellent....