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Green Zone |  | Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Khalid Abdalla
Studio: NBC Universal
Category: Movie
Buy New: $1.99
as of 9/4/2010 21:20 EDT details
Seller: Amazon Video On Demand
Rating:  138 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Genre: Action
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 116 Minutes
ASIN: B003K07DUC
Theatrical Release Date: March 12, 2010
Release Date: June 22, 2010
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| Synopsis:
Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, Green Zone is "one hell of a thriller" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 138
 Bad Blu ray quality September 4, 2010
Serg (US)
Movie quality is sucks. All Dark scenes look like an old movie with sand storm through screen like it was filmed by cheapest digital camera. And that supposed to be a blu ray.
As for movie itself - 2 stars, and Matt does not look same tough as Bourne series.
I personally fill like I through away money.
 What is the point? September 2, 2010
Kenny (Maryland)
The story is fictional. The whole reason we went to the war is due to a single faulty intel from a fictional character named Magellan? Give me a break. The movie is nothing more than a liberal's attempt to attack on Bush Administration and it turned out weak. They would make their case stronger if it was based on actual historial events.
Iraq would have avoided the war if they allowed UN inspectors to come in and VERIFY there is no WMD like they claimed. Makes you think who is stupider, Bush Administration or Saddam Regime?
 Main Priority: to entertain. Anything beyond that is up to you. September 1, 2010
Annihilatrix1138 (CA, United States)
I went into this film with reservations, mostly on account of the average box office pull it made during its run, coupled with the many harsh reviews it received afterward (many of them coming to rest right here on Amazon). But I was set on watching this because it's Paul Greengrass. I've only seen a handful of his films, but if he's nothing else, he's honest about what he's doing. And honesty is all I saw while I was watching this film.
In many ways, GREEN ZONE could be seen as a quasi-bookend to Greengrass' highly-underrated United 93 (Widescreen Edition), though we're obviously dealing with a more fictionalized account in this instance. Our invasion of Iraq was, essentially, the epilogue to what happened on 9/11, during a time when we weren't simply focused on the ones who pulled the trigger, but anyone else who might have the distinct possibility. And that's where GREEN ZONE begins, during the opening moments of the invasion. It's shot in such a way that you could almost watch the two films together and not notice the transition. Cause and effect.
For me, UNITED 93 is a very important film. I've watched it several times, and for this movie to begin like it did was emotionally jarring.
But! Then we're off to the races with Matt Damon's character, Roy Miller: to see who can find the most WMDs. And it turns out there aren't any, but it's not like we couldn't see that plot twist coming. The action ramps up very quickly afterward, and pauses only so that you can wrap your mind around what's going on, then you're right back in the middle of it.
The thing is: you can enjoy this movie as a pure thriller. I guarantee that if you go into GREEN ZONE thinking that all you'll be getting is a couple hours of good, intense action, then you've already found it. But the movie's secondary objective is to ask a question that I'm sure many Americans have asked in the years following the invasion.
If the entire reason we went in there became a MacGuffin, then why were we there in the first place? The plot is fictional. The characters are fictional. But by the end of the movie, it ends up trying to hit you closer to home than you might have expected. Because regardless of what you believe, left or right, we paid for something in this war that we never ended up getting. And to that point, I was left just as disoriented as the main character.
But that's beside the point. Did I mention there's some great action? =D
No WMDs, No Action Either August 29, 2010
Jocko (CA United States)
Another of Jocko's Short But Sweet Reviews:
This thriller gave some good insight on the workings of the American government (CIA, Military, Government) but I was really expecting a summer popcorn movie.
Good beginning, only to falter 1/2 hour into it.....
Was hoping for a Jason Bourne Goes-to-War flick, but instead got a Jason Boring.....yawn.
Show me the WMDs! At least make some up! Oh, I guess they did.... "wink"
Matt Damon's riveting acting + Confusing style of hand-held camera filming + Historical fact of WMD August 28, 2010
Cestmoi
First of all, I agree with this movie on one point. That is NO weapon of mass destruction found in Iraq. History has proved that's an un-deniable fact.
Secondly, Matt Damon's acting is truly riveting. It's the only reason that kept me watching this film till the end.
Thirdly, all other aspects of this picture are disappointing. For example, the hand-held camera style of filming made it very hard to see what's happening.
Because of all the reasons above, I gave it 2 stars.
Rottentomatoes website shows it made 33.1 millions at the US box office.
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