Green Zone

"Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders"

2010 1h 55m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 2,468🥫53%Rotten Tomatoes●63Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 146,910

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During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.

“Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders”

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Cast

Matt Damon
Roy Miller
Greg Kinnear
Clark Poundstone
Brendan Gleeson
Martin Brown
Amy Ryan
Lawrie Dayne
Khalid Abdalla
Freddy
Jason Isaacs
Maj. Briggs
Igal Naor
General Al Rawi
Said Faraj
Seyyed Hamza

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Languages: English, Arabic
Countries: United States of America, France, Spain, United Kingdom

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MONEY

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$100M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 95% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Arabic.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: United States of America, France, Spain, United Kingdom.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paul Greengrass, shot by Barry Ackroyd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Rouse shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Paul Greengrass directs. Barry Ackroyd behind the camera. John Powell scores. Christopher Rouse cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, France, Spain, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Arabic.

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1$100M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Earned back only 95% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Arabic.
5International production across 4 countries: United States of America, France, Spain, United Kingdom.
6Directed by Paul Greengrass, shot by Barry Ackroyd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Christopher Rouse shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders".
11IMDB entry: tt0947810 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
Original score: John Powell
Editing: Christopher Rouse
Production design: Dominic Watkins
Costume design: Sammy Sheldon
Makeup / hair: Kay Georgiou
VFX supervisor: Peter Chiang
Sound: Mike Prestwood Smith
Stunt coordinator: Markos Rounthwaite
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $100,000,000
Box office: $94,882,889
Return: 95% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Green Zone (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes: 53% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 63/100
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 146,910 votes
MPAA: R

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tmdb156907152019-11-20
Its about the false allegation of US that Iraq had WMD. Which turns out to be a manipulated intel for personal gains of few people.
debasish.lipu46@gmail.com2019-11-20
Good Action Movie.
CinemaSerf2022-06-02
★ 5/10
Whilst I didn't hate this film, I really did wonder who on earth it was for? Is it just one of those retrospective conscience-salving efforts designed to deflect the attention of the audience as to just who told us all what ahead of the invasion or Iraq? In any case, the plot seems to suggest that that whole invasion was predicated on an elaborate American scheme to install a puppet administrations in that country. Based on what, precisely? Well - that's what "Miller" (Matt Damon) and his team of elite WMD hunters are on site to discover. What now follows is a rather pedestrian affair with loads of CIA cloak and dagger drama as the team constantly come up empty in their search. Is there a leak somewhere? Did the things just simply never exist? Is their a broader game afoot? Well those are the questions about which I couldn't say I was really very bothered. To make these intrigues work effectively, the writing and the acting have to be far sharper and nuanced than here in this rather simplistic take on not just the Allied (i.e. not just US involvement in Iraq) activities, but on the attitudes of the local population who are portrayed here as either little better than sheep farmers, or as duplicitous murderers. Damon is going through the motions, as is a slightly oddly cast Jason Isaacs ("Briggs") and a completely underwhelming Greg Kinnear as "Poundstone" - the Pentagon man charged with leading the search. Add to the mix the faintly annoying interventions of investigative journalist "Lawrie Dayne" (Amy Ryan) and the whole thing is, frankly, a derivate mess. At times the pace is active, but for the most part is just plods along towards an ending that is probably all that this speculative and weak script could hope to offer us.