Greenie Zone

This is all about "so whatever happened to those pesky WMDs?" But... did the truth really get revealed more than simply the focus moved to a different cover story?

Matt Damon is the one to wonder about where the WMDs are, and asks some questions. Which no-one else ever did during the entire time they were looking for them. At this point Brendan Gleeson becomes the one CIA agent to wonder about them as well. Which no-one else ever did during the entire time they were looking for them. And Greg Kinnear is a shadowy government operative trying to stop people from looking for the truth. Which no-one else ever did during the entire time they were looking for them.

So, in other words, another excellent case of Hollywood history that will no doubt be parlayed into actual history, much like their other war documentaries such as Black Hawk Down, Jarhead and The Hurt Locker. Not that I am cynical or anything (although I am).

Acting-wise, there's nothing amazing to blow you away. Production-wise... this movie is film in shaky cam on grainy film (high quality grainy film, note), so you get a real documentary feeling... and/or nausea. And there were many scenes where I didn't know what was going on, who was shooting who, where anyone was... and it didn't really matter. But I do want to single out Khalid Abdalla as the bests Freddie ever!

While not to be avoided, I wouldn't suggest actively seeking out this movie either.

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