I had high hopes for Green Zone, having enjoyed the Bourne sequels by the same director. Yet I was left rather nonplussed by this film. Recounting the Americans' attempts to find WMD in Iraq after the Second Gulf War, the film follows one particular squadron's efforts. Headed by Matt Damon, the team begins to question whether or not there are any WMDs and, surprise surprise, they don't find any. There then follows some rather predictable 'under-the-radar' type missions from Damon, as he tries to take on the rather lazily portrayed 'corrupt' government officials. It's a story we've seen time and again in a variety of films, but in Green Zone it just lacked any real bite. There were a few interesting action scenes, but the pacing of the film was a bit stodgy. Green Zone is not a bad film, but after the very high standard set by the Bourne movies, it couldn't match up to the excitement. Damon was just going through the motions a tad as well.
Review of Green Zone
