UNITED 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary expose of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the .. Read more
| Starring | Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Jason Isaacs |
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| Director | Paul Greengrass |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
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UNITED 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary expose of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. The resulting governing body, according to critics, existed in a bubble so far removed from the grim realities of the Iraq War that it failed to properly assess the needs of the people. In this fictional thriller set during the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad, director Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland use Chandrasekaran's novel as the foundation for the story of an officer who joins forces with a senior CIA officer to unearth evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is certain that Hussein has been stockpiling WMDs in the Iraqi desert, but in their race from one booby-trapped site to the next, they soon stumble across evidence of an elaborate cover up. As a result, the objective of their mission is inverted, and Miller realizes that operatives on both sides of the conflict are attempting to spin the story in their favor. Now, as Miller searches for answers made ever more elusive by covert and faulty intelligence, the truth becomes the most valuable weapon of all. Will those answers prove pivotal in clearing a rogue regime, or escalate the war in a region that grows increasingly unstable with each passing day?
| Starring | Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Khalid Abdalla, Yigal Naor, Said Faraj |
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| Director | Paul Greengrass |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 55 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 55 mins |
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| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Subtitles | Blu-ray: Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: Unavailable for rental Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental To Buy: DVD: 12 Jul 2010 Blu-ray: 12 Jul 2010 |
A master of smash-mash montage and choreographed chaos, Greengrass is the best action director working today, adroit at producing the sense of everyone converging and everything happening simultaneously.
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Shame We cannot rent it
This really is an excellent film and I am glad I saw it when it was on release. The reason why you cannot rent is is because this dvd rental site and others ... read more »
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If ever there was a typical 3 Star Film this is it
Average, not bad, not great. With this being filmed in Iraq the setting started to bore me about 15 minutes in but after that I got used to it and got into the ... read more »
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All action modern day war film
Having recently watched the Bourne trilogy I was compelled to watch this tie up between director Paul Greengrass and lead actor Matt Damon. I was not ... read more »
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Surprisingly good
I have in the past had trouble with Matt Damon, but I saw this at the cinema and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The action is good, the story is good and ... read more »
Matt Damon was grateful when actual U.S. soldiers were cast alongside him in Green Zone - because they were able to share their own war experiences to ensure his portrayal was authentic. The actor plays an army officer searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the new thriller, which features dozens of real military members. Damon admits it was a challenge to play their leader, but was relieved to have their input. He tells Live From Studio Five, "A big part of the role for me was... Read more