Bourne Supremacy

Matt Damon In Green Zone: A Quick Overview

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass join forces again for new Iraq War based thriller Green Zone.

Set in the current Iraq War, the film focuses on the early days of the coalition invasion, attempting to effectively portray the chaotic nature of the war.
The storyline focuses on Damon (Roy Miller) and his team of army inspectors. Miller’s team is tasked with searching for and locating weapons of mass destruction, believed to be hidded somewhere in the vast Iraqi desert.
Miller and his team move from one extremely dangerous site to another, searching for chemical agents and signs of WMD production; as you’d expect, they are unsuccesful.

As Miller and his team continue to search the Iraqi desert they eventually come across a cover-up that threatens their job security, and potentially their lives. I won’t ruin the film by going into too much detail here, suffice to say it’s genuinely gripping and well thought out.
The rest of the film concentrates on Miller’s search for the truth, which threatens to uncover dangerous secrets and possibly escalate a war in an extremely volatile region.

As you’d expect from the director of Greengrass and Damon, the film is fast moving, action packed and very well shot; if a little choppy at times. The acting is superb throughout the film but particularly from Matt Damon, who portrays Miller will real depth and is genuinely believable. It’s thoroughly refreshing to see a film that not only concentrates on controversial subject matter but doesn’t shy away from portraying certain coalition actions in a negative light.

The film is also based quite purposefully in reality; even down to the kit Damon wears throughout. Have a look at the Oakley Sunglasses sported by Damon’s character during the film; these are M-frame sunglasses and are genuinely utilised by huge numbers of western military, particularly in areas like Iraq; chosen for the clarity, durability and impact resistance, it’s nice to see such attention to detail in a film like this. It’s really nice to see such strong attention to detail from the director and production team; partiucularly in a film that deals with a conflict that most western forces are still involved in.

Overall I really enjoyed Green Zone, it’s a quick moving, taught thriller and will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout recommended.

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