Green Zone

Green Zone is rated R: for violence and language.

Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film’s synopsis and content.

Synopsis:

Have you ever wondered why "weapons of mass destruction" have never been found in Iraq? Well, the screenwriters of Green Zone have, so they created a fictional story about an American soldier (played by Matt Damon) who decides to find out the source of the rumor that motivated his country to begin a war.

Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear
Studio: 2010 Universal Pictures
Website: Official site for Green Zone.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
Violence:
- Frequent portrayals of non-graphic violence.
- Frequent gun, weapons and hand-to-hand violence (some blood and detail shown).
- Portrayal of torture (no blood shown).
- Portrayals of graphic violence.
- Occasional gory images.
- Frequent disturbing scenes.
Language:
- Frequent use of the sexual expletive, scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions.
Drugs and Alcohol:
- Tobacco use.

Paul Greengrass also directed United 93, a movie about the fall of the World Trade Towers in New York on September 11, 2001. He and Matt Damon worked together in the action-thrillers The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum.

Green Zone releases to DVD and Blu-ray on June 29, 2010.