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Thriller wrapped in war clothing about the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as part of the second invasion during the early noughties.
Whilst the premise of the search for WMD in Iraq is a reasonably interesting one (it was after all the cited reason for 'going back and finishing what was started by Bush senior') sadly in reality it provides little more than an excuse for a fairly straightforward and rather underwhelming conspiracy thriller.
With Greengrass at the helm and Matt Damon in the lead comparisons to the earlier Bourne films are only to be expected, and for me this isn't even close to being in the same league - the characters are mainly one-dimensional, there's precious little tension brought to proceedings and though the Bourne offerings often get criticised for their hand-held camera action and editing imo they are far more composed affairs compared to some of the chase/action sequences in this.
Thankfully most of the initial action sequences are at least relatively brief leaving proceedings watchable but the climax is far too much of a protracted assault on the visual senses for my taste, turning what should theoretically be the high-point of the movie into more of a low-point for me.
Green Zone could, and considering the subject matter perhaps should, have been so much more than the rather generic fare on offer and as such just about scrapes a
Green Zone
Paul Greengrass
2010
Paul Greengrass
2010
Thriller wrapped in war clothing about the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as part of the second invasion during the early noughties.
Whilst the premise of the search for WMD in Iraq is a reasonably interesting one (it was after all the cited reason for 'going back and finishing what was started by Bush senior') sadly in reality it provides little more than an excuse for a fairly straightforward and rather underwhelming conspiracy thriller.
With Greengrass at the helm and Matt Damon in the lead comparisons to the earlier Bourne films are only to be expected, and for me this isn't even close to being in the same league - the characters are mainly one-dimensional, there's precious little tension brought to proceedings and though the Bourne offerings often get criticised for their hand-held camera action and editing imo they are far more composed affairs compared to some of the chase/action sequences in this.
Thankfully most of the initial action sequences are at least relatively brief leaving proceedings watchable but the climax is far too much of a protracted assault on the visual senses for my taste, turning what should theoretically be the high-point of the movie into more of a low-point for me.
Green Zone could, and considering the subject matter perhaps should, have been so much more than the rather generic fare on offer and as such just about scrapes a