In an interview with The Guardian, Director Peter Greengrass said he wanted to make a film about the realities of 9/11 and the war in Iraq, bringing in the Bourne audience. The central … Green Zone is the latest Iraq War inspired motion picture. For two hours, it does not let go. The military conspiracy-thriller Green Zone, a policy debate masquerading as an action movie, has a premise that invites scrutiny. It's a fast paced and riveting ride from the get-go. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Brian Helgeland, based on a 2006 non-fiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran. For two hours, it does not let go. The book documented life within the Green Zone in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Thus begins Green Zone, director Paul Greengrass's Bourne Identity-meets-Iraq-documentary thriller. Green Zone is a 2010 action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. 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, … I wasn't expecting much and ended up being pleasantly surprised. 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.

But what’s the real deal behind the Green Zone? Is this really based on reality? Green Zone. The story of “Green Zone” is not mine and does not accurately portray my team’s experience in Iraq in 2003—to suggest it does is ludicrous. The accurate depictions of Americans at play in Saddam's Republican Palace, splashing around in the pool and drinking imported beer, are drawn from the book. Summaries.

It’s a classic prison film adapted from a Stephen King short story called Rita Hayworth and Shawhank Redemption. Siefkes served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was a member of the Army's Mobile Exploitation Team Bravo, which carried out the hunt in Iraq for the highly touted (but ultimately nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction -- the heart of the "Green Zone" plot. The film claims to be \"inspired by\" Rajiv Chandrasekaran's 2006 book Imperial Life in the Emerald City, which documented life in the Green Zone, the American enclave in the centre of Baghdad. The very reason why Green Zone is aptly labeled as ‘Bourne goes to Iraq’. — IMDb Editors. Richard L. "Monty" Gonzales retired from the U…