Not a Zero. A 10!

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2016)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Dir: Kathryn Bigelow / Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong: Powerful and emotional film about the biggest man hunt in history. It regards the thirty minutes after midnight that two helicopters invade the compound that is believed to be the hiding place of Osuma Bin Laden who was responsible for the dreaded September 11th 2001 attack that killed thousands of people. Jessica Chastain plays Maya, a CIA intelligence agent who devotes years of searching for Bin Laden. Arriving on the scene she witnesses her partner, Dan use methods of torture to abstract information from a terrorist captured. After another fellow agent is killed in Pakistan Maya becomes obsessed with seeing Bin Laden dead. Director Kathryn Bigelow gained great acclaim for Hurt Locker and here again she creates a war film that equals the best of her male counterparts. She also made the underrated science fiction film Strange Days. The raid of the compound with its night vision point of view brings greater realism as the Navy Seals storm through the concrete walls in search of an enemy that has eluded them for so long. Flawless acting from Chastain as the frustrated yet determined agent out to prove herself. Jason Clarke plays Dan who is growing weary of the interrogations. Joel Edgerton leads the raid into the compound. Jennifer Ehle plays another agent and friend of Maya's involved in a mission gone wrong. After the heartache of 9/11 this film allows answers and relief with regards to a date will forever be etched in our memory. Score: 10 / 10