Green Zone

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Green Zone

R

2010

1h 55m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

War

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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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Critics Consensus

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

01/13/2018

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.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/11/2017

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.

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Laremy Legel

Film.com

05/06/2011

C-

Green Zone is the rare miss from frequent collaborators Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/22/2023

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.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

11/29/2020

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.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/29/2020

6/10

Director Paul Greengrass loves his shaky, handheld camera - and his mastery over the style is easily this film's strongest point.

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Yash B

@yashbansal Dec 19

"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.

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Iamwhoi M

@Shaboutiques Nov 30

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.

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Matthew D

@OceanSage Jul 19

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.

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Darcy J

@Darcidious Jul 5

Very weak, tried to reinvent the legendary Bourne formula but failed miserably. Also a nauseating amount of shaky camerawork

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Stoner J

@Stoner 06/26/2025

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

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Rehan T

@RT81460504 06/05/2025

Boring movie. Not worth to watch...

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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