Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012) by Jeffrow R — 03 Dec 2015

Put all the political stuff aside for a minute. Whether you feel the war in Iraq and the hunt for Bin Laden was right to do, or humane or whatever... It makes no difference to me when I am watching a movie.

So you are not going to find some long political commentary here. Zero Dark Thirty takes a subject that almost everyone knows the story of, and everyone knows how it ultimately ends. And still they were able to make a good movie out of it.

I guess I can start out by saying Jessica Chastain was really good in this movie, she won an Oscar for her role. But honestly, I think you could have taken any pretty good actress and put her in this role and it would still be a good movie.

I don't think she made Zero Dark Thirty better than it already was. Nor did she make it worse. As we see in this movie the hunt for the worlds most wanted man was an long and sometimes brutal journey.

Jason Clarke is the standout acting wise in this movie for me. Some of the interrogation scenes are so realistic that its actually hard to watch. But I however do not think they went overboard in their portrayal in the interrogation of prisoners.

But in the end, even though you know what is coming, you are still on the edge of your seat at Seal Team Six enters the compound where they believe the terrorist is hiding. It is truly suspenseful filmmaking, brilliant I might even say.

And you still get a satisfaction when you see the outcome.