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Rating: 10 stars

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terrorism 911 osama bin laden espionage torture cia special forces pakistan raid car bomb

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Action | Drama | History

Most recently watched by noahphex, scottfinn, Angjonesy, mrpotocnik, jakeneff, seanCduregger, bmargherito, Javitron, BTSjunkie, lolareels

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 157 minutes

Actors

Jessica Chastain | Jason Clarke | Kyle Chandler | Jennifer Ehle | Mark Strong | Joel Edgerton | Chris Pratt | Edgar Ramírez | Mark Duplass | Scott Adkins | Harold Perrineau | Jeremy Strong | Reda Kateb | Ricky Sekhon | J.J. Kandel | James Gandolfini | Stephen Dillane | John Schwab | Martin Delaney | John Barrowman | Jeff Mash | Taylor Kinney | Callan Mulvey | Phil Somerville | Nash Edgerton | Mike Colter | Jessica Collins | Frank Grillo | Fares Fares | Alexander Karim | Siaosi Fonua | Daniel Lapaine | Homayoun Ershadi | Michael G. Gabel | Fredric Lehne | Osama Bin Laden

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I was anticipating this movie since it was announced and am happy to say it lived up to my expectations and then some.

I was tense from the opening audio montage through the very last scene; so much so that after the movie I had to walk around the parking lot and shake my muscles out. There’s a lot of content in this movie that disturbed and angered me, from the haunting 911 calls from the Twin Towers in the opening scene to the water boarding torture scenes that immediately follow it.

Jessica Chastain is a real standout here. She does an amazing job with her role. I thought she was excellent, and seriously under-appreciated, in Take Shelter, so it’s nice to see her really break out into a serious leading actress with this film.

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