A tip-off from a disgruntled local, Freddy (Abdalla), leads Miller and his crew to a meeting of Saddam’s high-ranking advisors, including Al Rawi. The general escapes but another man is apprehended and Miller uses Freddy as a translator to interrogate the suspect about a notebook in his possession.
“He says the book has names and locations of El Rawi’s safe houses,” reveals Freddy.
Returning to base, Miller by-passes scheming Pentagon official Clark Poundstone (Kinnear) and his minion Major Briggs (Isaacs), and delivers the book to local CIA chief Gordon Brown (Gleeson), who asks for discretion.
“I thought we were all on the same side,” replies Miller. “Don’t be naive,” mocks Brown.
Green Zone is distinguished by Greengrass’s tour-de-force direction, galloping through the streets of Baghdad with handheld cameras so we remain uncomfortably close to Miller as he risks his life for a country he was entrusted to tear apart.
There is no better director of action sequences.
