Matt Damon has emerged as an action hero. He has already wowed us with other roles, as the soccer player in Invictus, the math nerd in Good Will Hunting, the lost soldier in Saving Private Ryan, and the sleeze in The Talented Mr Ripley. But with the Bourne series, Matt became a solid macho man.
He again proves his mettle....and is worthy of a medal...in a tough-as-metal role in the current military-themed flick. We are in Iraq, back in the first days of the war. Matt and his team are charged with finding and dismantling WMD's. Problem is, he can't find them! Now most soldiers would keep looking and keep their mouths shut. Not our prodigious hero. He speaks out and acts against the powers that be. Therein is the fun of this film.
No spoiler here, so I will refrain from further details. But we do indeed root for the rebel soldier who has the guts to question the whole WMD fiasco. Even though we know from history that Bush never found those weapons....and might even have gone to war under some other pretense...the film grabs us and makes us ask important questions.
A grade: for action in a thinking-person's story. Get ready to get mad all over again at the mess in Iraq. And get ready to enjoy Matt Damon's fine acting.
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