80
Bourne goes epic. A wham-bam actioner, but its pointed political subtext ensures Damon and Greengrass deliver their most provocative mission yet.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
40
The New Yorker by Anthony Lane
What lends the film its grip and its haste is also what makes it unsatisfactory.
70
Arizona Republic by Bill Goodykoontz
To pretend that the film doesn't make a political statement is silly. Of course it does. It wouldn't be effective at all if it didn't.
40
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
It's also rather tawdry. The climax is as ludicrous as any Jack Bauer adventure, and Greengrass is always on shaky ground. Literally.
80
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.
40
Not since a Nam-scarred Sly Stallone asked, "Do we get to win this time?" in "Rambo: First Blood Part II" has an American action star been deployed to rewrite history so thoroughly.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Christopher Rouse's rapid-fire editing nervously stitches the stunts, chases, fights and confrontations together. It's a remarkable film.
58
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
With Green Zone, though, the malaise has finally hit me. So while Damon's Miller uncovers the (inconvenient) truth of why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, all I want to know is: How does he suggest we get out?
40
Boxoffice Magazine by Ray Greene
Green Zone is an exercise in commercial cowardice masquerading as a thriller about political bravery.
50
Once Damon's one-man truth squad goes off the reservation and starts behaving too much like Jason Bourne for comfort, the film begins not only spilling more blood but also leaking crucial credibility.