Reviewed by Shelli Sonstein - Clear Channel

Yep- that’s it in a nutshell. Two-time “Bourne”-franchise director Paul Greengrass re-teams with Matt Damon in a simplistic Iraq war thriller that basically has one man uncovering the scandal behind the futile search for WMD’s in the opening days of the war.

I expected much better from Greengrass, who should have won the Oscar for the 2006 masterpiece “United 93”. There’s no fault with Matt Damon’s acting. And the jerky-docu-style camera work is skillful. The problem is this not only dumbed down- it’s extremely heavy-handed. What worked so well with “The Hurt Locker” was it refused to take sides. This is no “Hurt Locker”. And it’s no “Bourne” either. Too many red flags for me with “Green Zone”.

2 stars