Sunday, January 23, 2011

Green Zone (2010)

This movie did not fully capitalize on its great premise. This is the first real warzone movie about the Iraq war and it dealt with WMDs. It had all the elements to be a great movie but it just fell a bit short.

Army Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is the head of one of the units assigned to execute search and seizures of locations that have been identified as warehouses or factories for weapons of mass destruction. However, this is the 3rd place that's come up empty. Increasingly frustrated that his men may be killed on a wild goose chase, Miller tries to get some answers. First, from his commanding officers. Nothing. Then, from Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear). He is an intelligence officer from Washington who is the go-between for all of the intel, whether it's from sources or from either country's government. He gives Miller the run-around, too. When CIA agent Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson) gets to him, Miller starts listening. Brown believes Miller's claim of bad intel and wants to help him. But things start getting too deep and now Miller needs to make sure that he gets the information he needs while also making it out alive.

This film just really failed to grasp its plot. I loved the idea of the movie when I first heard about it and I was disappointed when it did not live up to expectations. It had some redeeming qualities though. The action was good and Damon was great in his role, as usual. However, the action led to nothing and so did the rest of the movie. Meandering back and forth didn't help much either. I cannot recommend this movie but I've definitely seen worse this year. Grade: C+

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