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Green Zone

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Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of inspectors are on a mission in 2003 to find Iraq's reported stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Traveling from one dangerous site to another, Miller and his team fail to find any chemical agents or other weapons. Instead, they discover an elaborate cover-up in which the most-elusive weapon is truth.
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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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Ed Koch The Atlantic Jan 13, 2018
I don't like polemics, not even those supporting my position. This film does not support my position...the movie contains far too little in terms of a coherent, believable plot. Go to Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 11, 2017
B+
No doubt borrowing inspiration from real events, Green Zone is a nail-biting story of one man's single mission to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences. Go to Full Review Laremy Legel Film.com May 6, 2011
C-
Green Zone is the rare miss from frequent collaborators Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 22, 2023
2.5/4
If you can ignore the wishy-washy politics, you may enjoy the outcome for the raw intensity of some well-shot action sequences. Go to Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk Nov 29, 2020
With Greengrass at the helm, deploying his trademark, Bourne-style shaky camerawork and rapid-fire cutting, Green Zone is as fast-paced as you'd expect, but the uneasy mix of fact and fiction ultimately works against the film. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 29, 2020
6/10
Director Paul Greengrass loves his shaky, handheld camera - and his mastery over the style is easily this film's strongest point. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Yash B @yashbansal Dec 19, 2025 "Green Zone" isn't a bad movie, but it feels painfully okay, considering the talent involved. Paul Greengrass made this movie following the Bourne trilogy, and I could only imagine how disappointing that was in 2010. I still think there is a lot to like. His shaky cam style brings tension to the action scenes, and I think Matt Damon is also really good here. I just feel like there are so many better war movies than this one, and this one fails to stand out. Overall, I think it is fine, but it is not likely a film I would revisit any time, and I think it is only worth a one-time watch. See more Iamwhoi M @Shaboutiques Nov 30, 2025 This movie is a decent, gripping, FICTIONAL war movie. People trying to profess that it is a factual representation of what happened, should read CWO Monty Gonzalez's thoughts on the matter, as he worked with the project; and the Matt Damon character was "based on him and the men he fought with. FICTION. That is what my review is based on. See more Matthew D @OceanSage Jul 19, 2025 An alright movie about the lies about the WMD's that were never in Iraq that President Bush used to launch a war in the Middle East as an excuse to get oil. Matt Damon and Brendan Gleeson are fantastic. Paul Greengrass' direction is all over the place. There's shaky camerawork, choppy editing, opaque writing, and too many side characters that add nothing. It's a real mixed bag. See more Darcy J @Darcidious Jul 5, 2025 Very weak, tried to reinvent the legendary Bourne formula but failed miserably. Also a nauseating amount of shaky camerawork See more Stoner J @Stoner Jun 26, 2025 Underrated sort of was thriller. It’s really about a lone soldier coming across a conspiracy which he goes against to save lives. Which is done a lot. This movie deserves more credit for not being your typical Iraq was film See more Rehan T @RT81460504 Jun 5, 2025 Boring movie. Not worth to watch... See more Read all reviews
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Paul Greengrass

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Matt Damon

Roy Miller

Greg Kinnear

Clark Poundstone

Brendan Gleeson

Martin Brown

Amy Ryan

Lawrie Dane

Khalid Abdalla

Freddy

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Synopsis Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of inspectors are on a mission in 2003 to find Iraq's reported stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Traveling from one dangerous site to another, Miller and his team fail to find any chemical agents or other weapons. Instead, they discover an elaborate cover-up in which the most-elusive weapon is truth.
Director
Paul Greengrass
Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lloyd Levin, Paul Greengrass
Screenwriter
Brian Helgeland
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Relativity Media, Studio Canal, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures
Rating
R (Violence|Language)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 12, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$35.0M
Runtime
1h 55m
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