Remember a few years back when all the news was about Iraq? Remember the WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) which became the reason of the war? Remember of all the issues when the WMD was never found? Well, if you do remember, then this movie might be a good option for you to refresh your memory. For those of you who don't remember-maybe because you were still too young or didn't even care about what was happening in the world at that time-this movie might be informative for you, or might even be entertaining.
The movie portrays a Chief Warrant Officer, Roy Miller (Matt Damon) who heads a unit of WMD search in Iraq in 2003. Basically this WMD unit's job is to find and raid the sites suspected of storing WMD from the intel provided to them. However, after several cases of misleading intel where the unit finds absolutely nothing from the assigned sites, Miller starts to doubt the reliability of the intel and of course, his suspicion is right. Like most people at that time, when you find nothing at all at the suspected sites, you will start to wonder if there really is WMD in Iraq, if the whole WMD issue is just a make-believe story for a reason to go to war. Putting his mind to really find out what is really going on in Iraq, Miller then sets out, works with Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson) from CIA, and disobeys his orders to just raid the ordered sites.
The movie then will take us on Miller's fight to do the right thing when everything that has happened is wrong. His journey to the truth is packed in a non-stop suspense despites the shaky camera shoot in which the director, Paul Greengrass is known for. If you have watched the last two of Bourne movies (Bourne Supremacy, Bourne Ultimatum), you will be used to this kind of camera angles by now. But if you haven't, then it will take some time for you to get used to it. Overall, the movie's strong point is the value that it has. It screams out the facts and questions that we have had all this time about the war in Iraq. Some will say that it is a propaganda to cross the American government in the face, but doesn't the movie just state what's been on our mind all this time? The director and scriptwriter have done a great job mixing the fact with the fiction and the movie itself have the right thrill and suspense to make us stay on the edge of our seat along its duration. Matt Damon himself shows that he has really adopted the sense of a soldier. In the end, it is a good movie to spend your time with in the weekend. It is a bit heavy in the head but it is also quite entertaining, so why not go and judge it by yourself?
The movie portrays a Chief Warrant Officer, Roy Miller (Matt Damon) who heads a unit of WMD search in Iraq in 2003. Basically this WMD unit's job is to find and raid the sites suspected of storing WMD from the intel provided to them. However, after several cases of misleading intel where the unit finds absolutely nothing from the assigned sites, Miller starts to doubt the reliability of the intel and of course, his suspicion is right. Like most people at that time, when you find nothing at all at the suspected sites, you will start to wonder if there really is WMD in Iraq, if the whole WMD issue is just a make-believe story for a reason to go to war. Putting his mind to really find out what is really going on in Iraq, Miller then sets out, works with Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson) from CIA, and disobeys his orders to just raid the ordered sites.
The movie then will take us on Miller's fight to do the right thing when everything that has happened is wrong. His journey to the truth is packed in a non-stop suspense despites the shaky camera shoot in which the director, Paul Greengrass is known for. If you have watched the last two of Bourne movies (Bourne Supremacy, Bourne Ultimatum), you will be used to this kind of camera angles by now. But if you haven't, then it will take some time for you to get used to it. Overall, the movie's strong point is the value that it has. It screams out the facts and questions that we have had all this time about the war in Iraq. Some will say that it is a propaganda to cross the American government in the face, but doesn't the movie just state what's been on our mind all this time? The director and scriptwriter have done a great job mixing the fact with the fiction and the movie itself have the right thrill and suspense to make us stay on the edge of our seat along its duration. Matt Damon himself shows that he has really adopted the sense of a soldier. In the end, it is a good movie to spend your time with in the weekend. It is a bit heavy in the head but it is also quite entertaining, so why not go and judge it by yourself?
Cast: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy RyanDirector: Paul Greengrass
Genre: Action
Theatrical Release: March 12, 2010 Worldwide
Rating: R (Restricted)
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