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Tuesday
27Oct2009

Trailer - Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass' 'Green Zone'

DateTuesday, October 27, 2009 at 11:09AM
Delayed a few months and effectively knocked out of any awards consideration (unless next year is incredibly weak and this film is monumentally strong), Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon have teamed up again for Green Zone.

The film is set in the early days of the Iraq War, with Damon leading a team of Army inspectors into the barren deserts to search for stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. My guess is he didn't find any. There was talk when this film was pushed back to March, the discussion was that Damon's The Informant! would be competitive in the race for trophies and it seldom makes sense to pit two movies from the same leading actor against each other.

However, looking at the trailer, my initial reaction is it could be compared too easily to Body of Lies and The Hurt Locker at various points. So maybe Universal is creating a little distance there, or maybe it truly is one of those cases where the movie just didn't get completed to everyone's satisfaction in time. Damon has a good supporting cast in Green Zone, including the terrific Brendan Gleeson, plus Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Jason Isaacs.


Trailer courtesy of Trailer Addict

Sadly, I don't love this trailer. Expected something with a little more punch, I guess.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

this looks absolutely terrible, cliche city

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNelson

I think matt Damon is a great actor and Greengrass an equally skilled director BUT I think there pairing for this project is ill-advised. It looks too much like Bourne goes Bagdad.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Unregistered Commenteranybody

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