Lovesusti
The Worst Film Ever
ChanBot
i must have seen a different film!!
Salubfoto
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
sergelamarche
The story is adding drama and killings that were a bit much. Otherwise, good acting and realistic scenes.
Pjtaylor-96-138044
'Green Zone (2010)' is actually a corporate conspiracy thriller that uses the Iraq war as a back-drop for its action set-pieces and fairly contrived government-meddling plot, rather than using it as a means to uncover the truth behind the real-life events (which it occasionally appears to think it's doing) and, as such, will likely alienate a large portion of the audience who think they're meant to be seeing an accurate representation of the complex situation but are instead presented with numerous inconsistencies and inaccuracies. These inaccuracies do thankfully lead to some passively entertaining sequences and a generally anti-war, or rather anti-war-as-a-means-to-an-end, message, though. While it would certainly seem that Greengrass' signature, and at this point solitary, shaky style should be the perfect match for the hectic rush of war-time battle, at times it appears as though he has devolved into a parody of himself - his skill lost amidst the sea of second-rate copy-cats that emerged after the success of his 'Bourne' titles. Some sequences are literally difficult to look at and even harder to follow, to the point that every scene becomes an action-scene and the worst are pure chores to sit through. It gets to be amateur stuff at times and, were it not for the credits and the inclusion of several A-list actors, it almost appears like the work of an ambitious student on a relatively meagre budget - inexcusable for a man of his talent with this many resources behind him. 5/10
musapuff
This movie is based on the non-fiction book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" that documented life in the Green Zone in Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq invasion. I never read the book so I don't know how much truth is behind the film but I am impressed at how critical it is of the American society. The plot revolving around a non-existent WMD (weapon of mass destruction) is suspenseful. I really like the raw and truthfulness of the film.Two quotes stuck with me from this film: 1) Freddy to Miller: "It is not for you to decide what happens here." I think that's like a reality check. (Speaking in the context of the film) The Americans were too caught up with power and the idea they were doing a good thing because democracy is good to really care of the sufferers, the locals.2) General Al Rawi to Miller: "Your government wanted to hear the lie, Mr. Miller...". For some reason this really stuck me as the truth of our actual society and the whole point of the movie.
Adam Peters
(55%) A simply plotted early days of the Iraq war movie that doesn't dig too deep into politics and media edited history unlike the rather tiresome "Zero dark thirty", but rather tells its story in a much more manageable and believable manner. I don't really care much for Greengrass' style of direction, and I never have, as it can detract from whatever's going on which for me is a big no-no, but here it's not overly distracting. And with the plot being pretty basic to say the least the action is allowed to just get on with it, resulting in some quite exciting moments set around a realistic setting. Overall not a bad little movie by any means, just not something I'd want to pay money to watch.
