Green Zone Movie Reviews
4.5
A. O. Scott (NYTNS) | The Telegraph
We’re here to do a job,” says an American soldier in Baghdad, about a month after the United States-led invasion of Iraq and a third of the way into Green Zone, Paul Greengrass’s breakneck tour of street-level mayhem and official deceit. “The reasons don’t matter.” “They matter to me,” says Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, played with steely efficiency by Matt Damon. Later, when his search for phantom weapons of mass destructionRead full review4.0
Renuka Vyavahare | Indiatimes
Was America’s invasion of Iraq uncalled for? Most of us know the answer but few have the guts to actually a make a film on it and say, “Yes it was uncalled for’. We have to appreciate Paul Greengrass for his immense courage for he unapologetically shows how the Bush administration chose to believe lies over truth in order to justify their stand against Iraq and sell the Iraq war to the American public. Adapted from the 2006 non-fiction bookRead full review3.5
Johnson Thomas | DNA India
Yet another War Drama set in Iraq during the US-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, this one has Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller(Matt Damon) and his team of Army inspectors being dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. But instead of finding the feared WMD’s, they stumble upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the very purpose of their mission. Though Brian Hegelhand’s scriptis a fictionalized accountRead full review3.5
Tushar Joshi | Mid-Day
The American invasion of Iraq has happened years ago, yet the mere mention of WoMD (weapons of mass destruction) brings back images of debates, arguments, and political jargon spouted by Bush and Blair. Everyone from Larry King to Christiane Ammanpour has discussed the implication of an incursion into foreign territory based on hearsay of alleged weapons that could harm the West. Greengrass tries to put a perspectiveRead full review