Zero Dark Thirty
The greatest manhunt in history.
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Wokeness: 50%
Overall Score: 30%
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Nick J F
Zero mention of God’s chosen ones involvement
Boomer Americans get off to this film about a slaying in the Middle East without realizing who was really behind 9/11
Created: 01-16-2024
NoWo
Good overall
Somewhat tight (despite the runtime) thriller around the chase for Bin Laden, as seen from the spook side.
Chastain is a solid actress, and still easy to look at in her mid-thirties, which is fortunate considering the amount of screen time she gets, and what little action or growth she show during.
Visuals are very good, but the script could have done with some tightening.
Bigelow apparently caused some controversy at the time by "glorifying torture". Yeah. Right. Cause clean wars sure are a thing. And better escalate into large-scale, civilian-mowing kinetic conflicts than assassinate a few bad agents.
Funny that the muppets touting this luxury belief are usually the same crowd that ad nauseams "by any means necessary" and "if it only saves one life".
Bunch of tossers.
Pratt is in the movie, but hasn't found his stride yet. Also, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo by Scott Adkins.
And to (somewhat) address a previous comment, Bigelow does not delve into geopolitics here, so yeah, OBL was the publicly designated target at the time.
Created: 12-07-2024
