| Green Zone | 
| Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson
Studio: Universal Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD61104849D
UPC: 025195040266
EAN: 0025195040266
ASIN: B002ZG97RE
Theatrical Release Date: March 12, 2010
Release Date: June 22, 2010
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Product Description
DAMON STARS AS ROY MILLER, A ROGUE U.S. ARMY OFFICER WHO MUST HUNT THROUGH COVERT AND FAULTY INTELLIGENCE HIDDEN ON FOREIGN SOIL BEFORE WAR ESCALATES IN AN UNSTABLE REGION.
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Matt Damon reteams with his Bourne Supremacy director to create a thriller grounded in contemporary politics: the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) travels across war-torn Iraq, pursuing the intelligence he's been given, but every site indicated comes up empty of WMDs. Investigating the source of the intelligence, he finds himself caught between CIA agent Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson, 28 Days Later) and politician Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine) over the identity of "Magellan," the supposed source. As Miller tracks down an Iraqi general, he ends up further and further afield, facing danger from all sides. It's hard to say which is the greater accomplishment--that Green Zone manages to turn a still-volatile political issue into a propulsive action movie, or that it manages to depict Iraqi people as individuals with a wide range of responses to what's happened to their country. Damon's performance is low-key but effective as Miller tries to maintain some semblance of moral clarity in a circumstance that muddies everything. Also featuring Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) as a compromised journalist and Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner) as an Iraqi civilian who gets dragged into far more than he expected. --Bret Fetzer
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 Greengrass's shaky cam and old plotlines don't deliver here September 7, 2010
Haunted Flower (Indianapolis)
"The Green Zone" was directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Brian Helgeland based on the book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Greengrass also directed the last two films in the Bourne series so here he joins up with Matt Damon again to tell the story of Roy Miller, Chief Warrant Officer for the U.S. army gone rogue to uncover the truth behind faulty intelligence in an unstable region before it turns into a war. It follows specifically the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and casts non-actors but actually experienced ex-Marines and Rangers as army soldiers.
Matt Damon as a soldier is very believable. Let's face it, he's just so darn all-American in appearance and sincerity, I'd take his orders anytime. He leads the cast well and gives the movie merit just by his participation which is top notch as always. But even those blue eyes can't will this movie to explosive heights.
Greg Kinnear plays Clark Poundstone, a high up government guy supplying the information that sends Miller's men out on the charge to find these weapons and every raid turns up empty-handed. Lawrie Dayne played by Amy Ryan is a reporter trying to track down the source of the information who is code-named Magellan.
The story at first seems timely, but it isn't anything new. We've lived this story for years and I think people want to move on. This film was pushed back several times for some reason and as a result, was released in a time where the climate of the masses no longer cares about Iraq having or not having weapons of mass destruction so it has a slightly out-dated feel. Seeing President Bush onscreen giving that victory speech to the soldiers that the war was over feels like old news since it never changed anything. The only real message to take home from this film is how the Iraqi people are not all bad and want this struggle to be over just as much as us Americans back home do, but they want to do it on their terms and not be managed by the USA anymore like children.
There is a constant shaky cam going on during all battle sequences and while it is supposed to be more realistic and frightening, it is more likely to induce a headache or stomachache. The choice must have seemed valid at the time, but running around shaking the camera on purpose just makes it almost unwatchable in parts. What Greengrass did so well in the Bourne movies to create excitement in a one-man versus everyone sense seems really overboard in a war setting.
Bonus Features:
Inside the Green Zone talks about the actual MET (Mobile Exploration Teams) that were charged with finding weapons of mass destruction and the intel packages being received were not matching what was on the ground. The cast raves about Greengrass's ability to create absolute chaos for excitement. The teams' attention to detail in trying to recreate circumstances in Baghdad as close as possible to the real thing is admirable. They come right out and admit that they wanted to make a big-budget popcorn movie for big audiences as well as raising questions and provoking audiences to ask, "Now what?" to their government representatives.
Matt Damon: Ready for Action is a featurette about how dedicated Matt Damon was to being a good commanding officer for the actual army guys in the cast taking his orders. He honored accuracy and based his character off a real person whose story this was based on.
There is feature-length commentary with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass as well as optional commentary for all the deleted scenes. The actor and director have worked together closely on other projects before so there is a camaraderie in how they get along on and off set. Matt Damon jokes that this is one of the first projects with Greengrass where he actually had to look more closely at the script. Great care was taken in accuracy and the big budget action sequences and both feel that this was a timely released film. There are many deleted scenes that give a little more exposition, but are mostly dull overall.
 The poorest service I have ever received September 6, 2010
Unsatisfied Customer
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The 2nd hand Green Zone BD I got had a broken case, email seller for replacement but seller was very slow in response, took more almost 2 weeks to get a replacement. Then after reviewing details of my purchase, I realized that it wasn't what I ordered - I ordered the 2 disc limited edition with digital copy, but received only the single disc version without digital copy. So I contact seller again, and he said mail it back for a refund .... so here I returned it again, only it is more then 2 weeks after he received my returned BD but I am still waiting for the refund. Will definitely not buy from this seller again, and not recommend other customer to purchase from this seller!
What I loved about this movie... September 6, 2010
Hello
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do you know what I loved about this movie...NOTHING!!! I would rather eat a big bag of hair than watch this movie again.
Pure Propaganda September 5, 2010
Rick Wingender (Knoxville, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a former US Army Infantry Officer, I thought this film would be especially interesting, and it was. However, it confirms my opinion of liberal hollywood people: that they're simply not very smart. That's why they become actors and actresses - because 98% of them weren't smart enough to become doctors or lawyers or businessmen. Most of them never even went to college. Because of this lack of education, most hollywood types lack any real talent for critical thinking.
This whole movie was a propaganda message, trying to convince the viewer that there never were any WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) in Iraq. First of all, too many people don't know what weapons qualify as a "WMD". As a US Army NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) school graduate, I can tell you that a WMD is any weapon - nuclear, biological, or chemical - that, if delivered by the proper delivery system, can or will cause massive casualties. So, if our hollywood leftists had any knowledge or critical thinking capabilities, they would not be so cynical of the claims of WMDs made by many governments. Why? Simple...because in the 1980s Iran - Iraq war, Saddam used chemical weapons (WMDs) against the Iranians. After the first Gulf war (Desert Storm), Saddam again used chemical weapons (WMDs) against his OWN people - the Kurds in northern Iraq. There is little dispute about these events, there's too much evidence for even Saddam to deny with a straight face. So, with his history of actually using WMDs, why does Hollywood find it so hard to believe? I think it's because they don't understand that chemical weapons ARE WMDs. I don't say any of this because I want to defend the US Government; I still think most of what we did was wrong, and I friggin' hate G.W. Bush the Idiot...I'm a Libertarian, not a liberal democrat nor a conservative Republican.
As far as the movie itself, the acting was excellent all around. Damon was incredible. Kinnear was surprisingly good, though I hated his character. I just think hollywood would serve us better if they spent more energy trying to create entertainment without injecting their biased and factually incorrect ideology into everything. RW.
Bad Blu ray quality September 4, 2010
Serg (US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Movie quality is sucks. All Dark scenes look like an old movie with sand storm through screen like it was filmed by cheapest digital camera. And that supposed to be a blu ray.
As for movie itself - 2 stars, and Matt does not look same tough as Bourne series.
I personally fill like I through away money.
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