"Green Zone": the movie

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 4:49 PM Share

This new movie is about the good old days of Iraq, about seven years ago, when the Americans were too busy fighting each other there to acknowledge the rise of the insurgency. I'd love to see a movie break the "Iraq jinx," and maybe this will be the one.

ifitsmovies/flickr

EXPLORE:MIDDLE EAST, CULTURE, IRAQ
 
Facebook|Twitter|Reddit

SCHMEDLAP

11:36 PM ET

October 28, 2009

Why the title?

If you're going to make an action film, why call it "Green Zone"? There's an action-free zone if I ever saw one.

 

CORY

12:58 PM ET

October 29, 2009

after seeing the trailer, i

after seeing the trailer, i hope that you are not wishing success for that shite.

 

ROB BLANK

4:33 PM ET

November 4, 2009

Mr. Ricks, have you yet

Mr. Ricks, have you yet watched "The Hurt Locker?" That may have been the one to break the mold against awful Hollywood Iraq war films.

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

Read More