From Alice to Green Zone in 24 hours!
Off the bat this isn't Bourne in Iraq! Well for me it wasn't!
Paul Greengrass (Bourne), has directed a top-notch thriller set in the early days of the Iraq takeover. Matt Damon (Bourne), Greg Kinnear (Ghost Town), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Jason Isaacs (Peter Pan) all star and all deliver.
The script is good, the action good. Intense in places, but not as edge of the seat as Hurt Locker, the story is interesting though and quite thought provoking. The OST was good as well. Not sure if the documentary style worked as well as it should have, this shaky-cam is starting to get on my nerves!
Overall I enjoyed it, it was well directed and well acted (8/10)
Another good action film from Matt Damon. Not sure if the story was based on anyone's accounts but it was certianly believable (more so than what we've been led to believe). The direction was faultless as all Greengrass's work has been. All the cast were excellent, no faults at all except I'm not sure what happened to Brendan Gleesons character as he seemed to just disappear about half way through without much mention afterwards. Also Jason Issac's was underused a little (he is a very good actor and I would have liked to have seen his role beefed up more). All in all an enjoyable film 8/10
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