Damon shines in third feature with Greengrass
Kyle Stephans
Staff Writer
Director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are great together. Both are familiar with action, suspense, and both know how to kick ass. They did it in The “Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Seeing this film in a theater is an action packed adventure.
They are just as good in “The Green Zone”.
The movie is set in Iraq in 2003 when Saddam Hussien has fled and American troops are searching for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Damon portrays Roy Miller, a chief warrant officer of his squad who is looking for WMDs and so far has found nothing. It seems all the intelligence he is being given from the government leads to nothing. He is becoming agitated and nothing is making sense.
The supporting cast includes Amy Ryan, who plays a journalist determined to find the truth about the government intelligence and where is coming from.
Greg Kinnear plays a shady government official who claims he receives intelligence from an Iraqi informant named Magellan. Once Miller learns this, he begins to doubt the legitimacy of the army’s stay in Iraq and if WMDs even exist.
If you like action, you will like the “Green Zone.” The fast paced action is off and on, but the suspense sticks with the movie throughout. The story will pull you in, but you may disagree on how the United States government is portrayed as sneaky, corrupt, and greedy.
The film is very loud. It has great and accurate sound mixing. The editing is crisp and the cinematography feels realistic. At times the audience may actually feel like they are in the war with Damon.
The landscape is very believable and feels like the film was shot in Iraq even though it was done in Morocco and Spain.
The acting is good with believable performances by the whole cast. My only complaint about the film is that I feel the story should have been more accurate. We are all familiar with the clichéd story that the government is keeping secrets from the people, and the film should have stayed apolitical. “The Hurt Locker” was able to do all of this and was, in my view, the best film of 2009, and won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Although the movie may not be a critical success, it was pretty good and gives a good dose of action. If you are looking for an exciting film with a good cast, then this is a movie you should see.
Grade: B-
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