Green Zone
Seen it?2010 | 115 min | War, Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.5 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, action fans and history buffs. If you loved The Hurt Locker or 300, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
53% on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$100 million worldwide on a $100 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 174K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Paul Greengrass
- Matt DamonRoy Miller
- Greg KinnearClark Poundstone
- Brendan GleesonMartin Brown
- Amy RyanLawrie Dayne
- Khalid AbdallaFreddy
- Jason IsaacsMaj. Briggs
- Igal NaorGeneral Al Rawi
- Said FarajSeyyed Hamza
- Raad RawiAhmed Zubaidi
- Michael O'NeillColonel Bethel