Zero Dark Thirty is a fantastic film, filled with almost 3 hours of suspense and great performances

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2013)

Zero Dark Thirty is a film following the hunt for Osama Bin Laden directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who has done Point Break and The Hurt Locker to name a few. It stars Jessica Chastain as Maya, the woman who tracked down Bin Laden for years and responsible for finding most of the data leading to his death, Jason Clarke as Dan, an integrator who helps Maya, Kyle Chandler as Joseph Bradley, Maya's boss through the 1st part of the film, Joel Edgerton as Patrick, a Squadron team leader who is part of the raid to kill Bin Laden, Chris Pratt as Justin, a DEVGRU member who is part of the raid, and Mark Strong as George, Maya's other boss. The performances is where this movie stands out from many films. Jessica Chastain is perfect in this movie as Maya. She brings emotion to her role and words can't describe how great she is. Jason Clarke is great in this movie too. He was my favorite part of this film. He was quirky and had chuckle parts but could waterboard a a victim the next second. I don't want to dwell one the performances too much, but everyone one is great or fantastic filled with cameos such as James Gandolfini as the C.I.A. Operator and Mark Duplass as Maya's friend/partner for two scenes. Kathryn Bigelow did a fantastic job directing this film. My heart was beating from when the film began until I woke up the next day. Mark Boal did a great job writing this with great tone for the movie. This is a must-see for me and definitely go see this in theaters and I can't wait to buy this when it comes out.