Green Zone (2010)
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 179
Fresh: 95 | Rotten: 84
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass return to the propulsive action and visceral editing of the Bourne films -- but a cliched script and stock characters keep those methods from being as effective this time around.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 21
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass return to the propulsive action and visceral editing of the Bourne films -- but a cliched script and stock characters keep those methods from being as effective this time around.
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United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary exposé Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone. A onetime Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. The resulting governing body, according to critics,
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Cast
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Matt Damon
Roy Miller -
Greg Kinnear
Clark Poundstone -
Brendan Gleeson
Martin Brown -
Amy Ryan
Lawrie Dayne -
Khalid Abdalla
Freddy -
Jason Isaacs
Briggs -
Antoni Corone
Colonel Lyons -
Igal Naor
Al Rawi -
Said Faraj
Seyyed Hamza -
Aymen Hamdouchi
Ayad Hamza -
Nicoye Banks
Perry -
Jerry Della Salla
Wilkins -
Sean Huze
Conway -
Raad Rawi
Ahmed Zubaidi -
Bijan Daneshmand
Zubaidi's Aide -
Bryan Reents
Poundstone's Aide -
Michael O'Neill
Colonel Bethel -
Allen Vaught
Colonel Jonathan Vaught -
Paul Rieckhoff
Gonzales -
Martin McDougall
Brown's Aide -
Driss Roukhe
Tahir al-Malik -
Muayad Ali
Qasim -
Soumaya Akaaboune
Sanaa -
Faical Attougui
Al Rawi Bodyguard -
John Roberson
Infantry Sergeant -
James Brown
Soldier at WMD Site -
Michael Judge
JMOC Tech -
Paul Jones
JMOC Soldier -
Patrick St. Esprit
Military Intel 2 Star -
Tim Ahern
General at VTC -
Whitley Bruner
Senior CIA Man at VTC -
Intishal Al Timmi
Hawkish Iraqi -
Jamal Selamoui
Hawkish Aide -
Mohamed Kafi
Iraqi Officer -
Kadhum Sabur
Mystery Man -
Boubker Hilal
Qasim's Aide -
Thamou el Metouani
Seyyed's Housekeeper -
Salah Eddine Elamari
Seyyed's Son -
Naji El Jouhary
Seyyed's Son -
Aroun Benchkaroun
Seyyed's Son -
Hajar Machroune
Seyyed's Daughter -
William Oakes
Camp Cropper Tech -
Ziad Adwan
Translator -
Ian Bendel
Camp Cropper Guard -
Venie Joshua
Camp Cropper Guard -
Miguel Berroa
Camp Cropper Guard -
Peter Shayhorn
Camp Cropper Guard -
Miguel Palaugalarza
Camp Cropper Warden -
Christopher Lilly
Camp Cropper Warden -
Omar Berdouni
Righteous Ali -
Sabir Ed-Dayab
Iraqi Prisoner -
Alex Moore
CIA Tech -
Alistair Bailey
CIA Tech -
Paul Cloutier
Special Forces Tech -
Wallace Bagwell
Alpha Leader 1 -
William Meredith
CPA Presser -
Tommy Campbell
Chopper Comms Commander -
James 'Kimo' Wills
Chopper Comms Tech -
Jered Bezemek
Convoy Commander -
Johnny Nilsson
Republican Palace Repor... -
Michael Dwyer
MET D -
Edouard H.R. Gluck
MET D -
Brian Siefkes
MET D -
Adam Wendling
MET D -
Abdul Henderson
MET D -
Paul Karsko
MET D -
Robert Miller
MET D -
Eugene Cherry
MET D -
Alexander Drum
MET D -
Brian Van Riper
MET D -
Matthew Knott
MET D -
Nathan Lewis
MET D -
Salman Hassan
Zubaidi Conference Spea... -
Ammar Khdir
Zubaidi Conference Spea... -
Youssif Falah-Jassem
Zubaidi Conference Spea... -
Latif Al Anzi
Zubaidi Conference Spea...
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All Critics (180) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (97) | Rotten (87) | DVD (6)
Green Zone is the rare miss from frequent collaborators Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass.
It's one thing for the filmmakers to (sort of) fictionalize real people, but Green Zone wraps up with a wish-fulfillment fantasy that is about as believable as watching reinforcements riding in to save Custer.
Greengrass concocts a formula with a fighting chance of dispelling the Curse of the Hollywood Iraq Movie. If a picture as conventionally accessible as Green Zone tanks, that campaign is surely lost.
Reduces policies that caused the deaths of thousands to the equivalent of a first-person-shooter video game.
Green Zone hits hard and doesn't forgive. It plays out like fiction, and in some ways it is. But in too many ways, it's not.
When Mr. Greengrass made United 93, his 2006 reconstruction of one of the Sept. 11 hijackings, some people fretted that it was too soon. My own response to Green Zone is almost exactly the opposite: it's about time.
"Green Zone" simply offers up a fun, entertaining ride that has you on the edge of your seat throughout most of the film. If you are into the politics though, you may just find it a little more interesting.
This is a frenetic and powerful action flick that brings the fight to you.
A reasonably gripping entertainment.
The story of the Iraq War is fascinating, but the checklist of talking points is not.
It's like Inglourious Basterds but without the fun.
Greengrass' Green Zone is about half political thriller and half action thriller and unfortunately it's only successful at one of those halves. Doubly unfortunate, the half that does work isn't the part he's interested in.
As a politically-charged action film, it accomplishes the mission.
Como película de acción funciona a medias; es ágil y por momentos tensa, pero no propone nada novedoso y en varios momentos no resulta convincente. Lo interesante es que se ubica en un lugar inusualmente crítico para la industria de Hollywood.
The characters are broad and poorly defined perhaps, but this film should be admired for its desire to bring the US government's deceit to light in a stridently populist manner.
Frustratingly uneven...
An angry, critical movie, but in the name of accessibility it foregoes complexity and depth in a subject that requires it.
I'd likely be damning Green Zone for facile political messages if it weren't for the fact that more than a fair share of people out there are in desperate need of them.
...there's a lot to like in directorPaul Greengrass' fast-break freneticism and in the evocatively fictionalized Iraq war story told here. It's nothing we haven't heard before, but - for Hollywood, at least - it's nuanced and exciting storytelling.
Audience Reviews for Green Zone
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- Al Rawi: Your government wanted to hear the lie Mr. Miller... they wanted Saddam out and they did exactly what they had to do... this is why you are here...
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- Roy Miller: Of course it matters! Reasons we go to war always matter!
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- Roy Miller: You want to sit around digging holes all day, or get something done?
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- Martin Brown: You cannot just hand this country over to an exile no one's ever heard of, and a bunch of interns from Washington.
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