Beforehand, I have to admit that I was more interested in seeing Matt Damon wearing a uniform than watching another military based movie. However, when Matt collaborated with director Paul Greengrass for the third time, it was pretty clear to me that I got to watch it, no matter what!

In my humble opinion, both did an excellent job and I felt that my money was well spent. Nonetheless, it’s incredibly hard to review a movie with such strong and delicate story line. I’m no soldier, so I believe I’m not in the position nor do I possess the proper knowledge/experience to judge the movie’s topic. I wanna focus on the positive aspects that caught my attention.

The filming locations deserve to be rated with an A+. I have never been so impressed and astonished before, when it comes to authenticity of representing a Middle Eastern country in a movie. At times, it was even so realistic that I thought they actually went down to Baghdad/Iraq (Filming locations were in Spain, UK and Morocco).

The movie itself was very fast-paced, so the runtime of 115 minutes felt like nothing. I’m not a big fan of action sequences, but I did enjoy them in Green Zone. They weren’t overdone, and pretty comprehensible.

Matt Damon as Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller

Matt Damon was in top form, and portrayed his character as Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller absolutely believable. Despite all skeptics, Green Zone wasn’t a cheap “Bourne” rip-off movie at all. In fact, the only similarity you will come across is an extremely dedicated Matt Damon, who once again keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Check out the official website of  the movie “Green Zone” here. It offers a lot of great pictures, videos, downloads and more. I personally can’t wait for the DVD to be released, because after the movie was over I felt like watching it all over again.