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6.8/10
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Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
136K
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Faycal Attougui
- Al Rawi Bodyguardas Al Rawi Bodyguard
- (as Faical Attougui)
Michael J. Dwyer
- Met-Das Met-D
- (as Michael Dwyer)
- Director
- Writers
- Brian Helgeland
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran(book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone")
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Storyline
Following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his men are charged with finding the so-called weapons of mass destruction, whose existence justified American involvement, according to the Pentagon and their man in Baghdad, Poundstone. Veteran CIA operative Marty tells Miller that there are no weapons, it is a deception to allow the Americans to take over the country and install a puppet leader. Also suspicious of Poundstone is Wall Street Journal reporter Lawrie Dayne, who lets slip to Miller that Poundstone told her he had secret talks in Jordan with an important Iraqi, code-named Magellan, who told him about the weapons, though it now seems likely Magellan's true information was to the contrary. So begins a hunt for the truth. Who's playing whom? —don @ minifie-1
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- Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence and language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaMany of the soldiers in Matt Damon's WMD unit were actual Iraq War and Afghanistan War veterans, not actors. Damon said his biggest challenge was knowing he was an actor who was giving orders to actual soldiers.
- GoofsLike most films situated in the Middle-East this movie was filmed in Morocco. The streets are filled with French cars that you would not find in Iraq and scenes of men in crowds wearing the Moroccan common dress.
- SoundtracksAboun Salehoun
Written by Youssef El Mejjad, Pat Jabbar
Performed by Amira Saqati
Courtesy of Barraka El Farnatshi Prod.
Top review
Were the characters real? You betcha!
This movie is not a sequel to Bourne flicks. It is more in the spirit of Costa-Gravas or Oliver Stone. MET Alpha is Mobile Exploitation Team Alpha. The 85th XTF is the 75th Exploitation Task Force. CWO Miller is CWO Gonzalez. The reporter is, of course, Judith Miller, the New York Times (not WSJ) reporter who sold out to the Bush administration to get bylines. She used her position as shill for Rummy to keep MET Alpha in Baghdad, chasing their tails while American soldiers died trying to find non-existent WMD, for the sole purpose of backing up Bush's lies. Miller's folio is full of information from Curveball (Magellan). The CIA, who knew Curveball was a liar, was also warning Miller. A perpetually smiling Ahmad Chalabi keeps popping up. He is no doubt thinking how fine it is for the US Army to hand him an entire country along with a treasury of several hundred million dollars.
Miller is angry because he knows his intelligence is bogus, the CIA has told him that much, even though the Army vouches for it, and tells Miller to shut up and follow orders.
The Pentagon puke tries to bribe Miller with a job if he plays along, and offers a veiled threat if he doesn't.
The movie is history, and not a simple action adventure flick. It follows actual events very closely. Knowing the facts makes the movie much more fascinating.
Miller is angry because he knows his intelligence is bogus, the CIA has told him that much, even though the Army vouches for it, and tells Miller to shut up and follow orders.
The Pentagon puke tries to bribe Miller with a job if he plays along, and offers a veiled threat if he doesn't.
The movie is history, and not a simple action adventure flick. It follows actual events very closely. Knowing the facts makes the movie much more fascinating.
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- Jul 13, 2010
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- Imperial Life in the Emerald City
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- Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $35,053,660
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,309,295
- Mar 14, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $154,711,438
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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