Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
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Critic Consensus: Gripping, suspenseful, and brilliantly crafted, Zero Dark Thirty dramatizes the hunt for Osama bin Laden with intelligence and an eye for detail.
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Cast
as Maya
as Dan
as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
as Larry From Ground Branch
as Joseph Bradley
as George
as Justin - DEVGRU
as CIA Director
as Hakim
as Squadron Commanding Officer
as Jessica
as Nate - DEVGRU EOD
as Ammar
as Thomas
as J.J.
as Detainee on Monitor
as Detainee on Monitor
as Detainee on Monitor
as Detainee on Monitor
as Detainee on Monitor
as Interrogator on Monitor
as Interrogator on Monitor
as Interrogator on Monitor
as Interrogator on Monitor
as Cargo Ship Detainee
as Bagram Guard
as Hassan Ghul
as Pakistani Detention Center Guard
as Faraj Courier
as Abu Faraj Al-Libbi
as Pakistani Guard at Marriott
as Humam Khalil Al-Balawi
as Case Officer
as John
as Zied
as Blackwater Guard
as CIA Security
as Lauren
as Embassy Tech
as George
as Debbie
as The Wolf
as Kuwaiti Businessman
as Tech from Ground Branch
as N.S.A. Tech
as Rawal Caller
as Abu Ahmed
as Jack
as Tim - Station Chief
as Guard at Maya's Apartment
as Steve
as National Security Advisor
as Deputy National Security Advisor
as Assistant to National Security Advisor
as Pakistani Doctor
as General in Hangar
as Jeremy
as Deputy Director of C.I.A.
as Jared - DEVGRU
as Saber - DEVGRU
as Henry - DEVGRU
as Phil - DEVGRU
as Mike - DEVGRU
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as DEVGRU Operator
as Pilot
as Pilot
as Pilot
as Pilot
as Admiral Bill McCraven
as Abu Ahmed's Wife
as Abrar
as Abrar's Wife
as UBL Wife
as UBL Wife
as UBL Wife
as UBL Wife
as Khalid
as OBL
as C-130 Pilot
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If you like World War II films, you'll enjoy this.
What's striking is the absence of triumphalism -- Bigelow doesn't shy away from showing the victims shot down in cold blood in the compound -- and we come away with the overwhelming sense that this has been a grim, dark episode in our history.
This is an instant classic.
Chastain makes Maya as vivid as a bloodshot eye. Her porcelain skin, delicate features and feminine attire belie the steel within.
No doubt Zero Dark Thirty serves a function by airing America's dirty laundry about detainee and torture programs, but in its wake, there's a crying need for a compassionate Coming Home to counter its brutal Deer Hunter.
While "Zero Dark Thirty" may offer political and moral arguing points aplenty, as well as vicarious thrills,as a film it's simply too much of a passable thing.
Audience Reviews for Zero Dark Thirty
Seems like one of the most anticipated and best movie of 2012 is one of the movies that i didnt enjoy! For me although there was alot going on, action and fantastic acting there just didnt seem to moving and i felt bored throughout the movie. Majorly disappointed may watch again with lower expectations!
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Some of the dialogue may be a bit repetitious, but Bigelow's direction is very effective and she knows how to maintain a constant level of nerve-racking tension in this descriptive (and essentially objective) account of a historical operation whose end is already known.
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What defines this film is its controversial depiction of torture,but what it unearths is much more harrowing and heroic than terrifying. The story revolves around CIA agent Maya, who aims to finish a decades long manhunt for Osama bin Laden while stationed in Pakistan, starting in 2003. Critics are inarguably split on whether they believe the torture depicted in this film is shown as essential in the capture of wanted terrorists, or an accurate portrayal of torture tactics in all their inhumane glory. The characters in the film certainly feel that torturing detainees helps in the process, but it's left vague whether the filmmaker supports this tactic. The story is entertaining on its own merit, helped by the ferocious performance of Chastain, and the unraveling of the mystery right before our eyes. The intricacy of bin Laden's extraction at the hands of the Navy SEAL team was especially interesting to watch, and was supposedly very truthful in its depiction. There's an emotional component for anyone imbibed in post-9/11 dialogue, but there's also entertainment in the planning and investigation behind the scenes.
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Zero Dark Thirty Quotes
| Joseph Bradley: | What the fuck we have done about it? |
| Dan: | What the fuck do you think is going on, Ammar? |
| Maya: | I'm the motherfucker that found this place, sir. |
| Maya: | But bin Laden is there. And you're gonna kill him for me. |
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