**** – This movie was billed and promoted as an action/thriller in the vein of the “Bourne” flicks, seeing as it has the same lead actor as all three of those and the same director as the last two. Calling it that is rather inaccurate, though, as only a few sporadic scenes and the last 15 minutes or so are actually in any way action-y. I have a feeling that the misleading description was purposefully played up in order to sell tickets to what is really a political drama with heavy anti-war and debatably anti-American sentiments. I have no particular love for Iraqis - or Middle Easterners or Muslims in general – as I can’t fathom why any group of people would willingly subject themselves to a set of political rules based upon a religious belief system. Also, it’s really hot over there, and if there are two things I can’t stand they are religion and heat. That being said, this movie had the ability to get me to root for the Iraqis to put down and kick out the American invaders. That result didn’t stem from any sort of bias on the part of the filmmakers, but rather from the fact that this movie presented the ludicrous 2003 invasion of Iraq in the most truthful light of any film that I have seen so far based on those events. It’s certainly not a thriller, but it is definitely worth watching.
Green Zone
**** – This movie was billed and promoted as an action/thriller in the vein of the “Bourne” flicks, seeing as it has the same lead actor as all three of those and the same director as the last two. Calling it that is rather inaccurate, though, as only a few sporadic scenes and the last 15 minutes or so are actually in any way action-y. I have a feeling that the misleading description was purposefully played up in order to sell tickets to what is really a political drama with heavy anti-war and debatably anti-American sentiments. I have no particular love for Iraqis - or Middle Easterners or Muslims in general – as I can’t fathom why any group of people would willingly subject themselves to a set of political rules based upon a religious belief system. Also, it’s really hot over there, and if there are two things I can’t stand they are religion and heat. That being said, this movie had the ability to get me to root for the Iraqis to put down and kick out the American invaders. That result didn’t stem from any sort of bias on the part of the filmmakers, but rather from the fact that this movie presented the ludicrous 2003 invasion of Iraq in the most truthful light of any film that I have seen so far based on those events. It’s certainly not a thriller, but it is definitely worth watching.
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