Saturday, 9 November 2013

Hunting evil

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow this film based on real event stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Ehle. Over a 10 year period a CIA officer attempts to hunt down Osama Bin Laden eventually leading to his death.

It will take a long time before we truly know how accurate this film is, as it comes so soon after the classified events I suspect it is unlikely we get the whole truth and Hollywood does like to contribute the actions of many to one character in films like this. All that being said this is a fairly clinically told story that focuses on the details rather than wandering into fantasy land which is exactly the right tack to take. Maybe there are times when the film could have looked in more depth at the issues surrounding the methods used, such as torture but otherwise this is a really well made film.


4/5

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