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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n Green Zone<\/a><\/strong> (Universal): When director Paul Greengrass<\/a> re-teamed with Matt Damon for this Iraq War<\/a> drama there were high hopes that it would repeat the box office success of the Bourne films<\/a> and the critical acclaim of Bloody Sunday<\/a> and United 93<\/a>.<\/p>\n Originally based on based on Rajiv Chandrasekaran\u2019s book \u2018Imperial Life in the Emerald City<\/a>\u2019, it follows a \u2018WMD hunter\u2019 (played by Damon) as he begins to suspect something is wrong with the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003.<\/p>\n People Miller comes across in his search for the truth involve: the newly arrived US Administrator of Iraq (Greg Kinnear); a CIA agent (Brendan Gleeson); a Wall Street Journal reporter (Amy Ryan); a local Iraqi (Khalid Abdalla); and a special forces Major (Jason Isaacs).<\/p>\n Although I have more than a few reservations<\/a> with the historical approach to the material, there is no doubt that Greengrass is a master at creating suspense and a vivid sense of realism.<\/p>\n The production design is particularly impressive and Baghdad circa 2003 is recreated with some excellent use of sets and CGI, whilst Barry Ackroyd<\/a>\u2019s cinematography pulls us right into the frenetic world of political and military intrigue.<\/p>\n Presumably worried that audiences would reject the fiercely critical tone of the film towards the US government, Universal tried to market this as \u2018Bourne in Iraq\u2019.<\/p>\n This was a strategy doomed to failure as when mainstream American audiences finally did see it, as they continued their ongoing rejection of films about the Iraq debacle.<\/p>\n There is still a lot to commend Green Zone and despite being a costly production that reportedly lost a lot of money<\/a>, it may be a film that earns slow burning respect over time.<\/p>\n