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Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
238 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.22/4 |
# of Ratings: |
86 |
Genres: |
Thriller |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 12/19/2012 |
DVD Release: |
03/19/2013 |
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Director: |
Kathryn Bigelow |
Actors: |
Jessica Chastain
Joel Edgerton
Mark Strong
Chris Pratt
Édgar Ramírez
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Plot Outline:
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Follow CIA agent Maya in her decade-long quest to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. The hard work, determination and sacrifice involved leads directly to the raid on a compound by Seal Team 6 in May of 2011. -- Chris Kavan
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Gabe 05/11/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
A fine film with great direction and acting. The pace was a little slow, but, then the pace to actually find bin Laden was slow. The last 30 minutes are incredible. Even though, we, the viewer knows what's going to happen, we're still on the edge of our seat. The torture scenes are a little rough, but, that's how things were. I also enjoyed the fact that we never really "see" G.W. Bush, Bin Laden, or Obama. Bigelow doesn't stoop to trying to find actors to portray these very important people. OK, there was an actor playing Bin Laden, but, we never get a good look at him. This is an excellent film by an excellent film maker. |
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Tristyn 04/17/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
a film about catching bin laden sounds rubbish on paper but this movie was great, it could of been about anybody as its done so well,, gripping stuff its a proper movie not some silly film on a event of our time,
entertaining and real
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FSUNoles27TS 03/27/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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2.5/4 |
I enjoyed the movie. The best part about it though, was the topic and plot. Other than that; the writing, the acting, the storyline, and other aspects of the film left much to be desired. I only really got into Maya's character, so the film was very one-dimensional to me. I know a lot of people do not agree with me, but I really failed to see the 'greatness' of this movie. They took an amazing topic and historical situation and turned it into a mediocre movie. |
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05/11/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Another Good Thriller from Bigelow |
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A decade-long man hunt of the CIA finally ended on May of 2011. A story of determination and hard work of a woman, Maya (Jessica Chastain), to take down Al- Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden.
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I was really excited to watch this film, then it did not disappoint me by any way. Jessica Chastain and the rest of the cast did perform well. Kathryn Bigelow never failed to excite me, I really admire how she does effective thrillers, just like The Hurt Locker. What was really spectacular was that even if we all know the ending, what would happen to it, it still gave me kicks on the nerve. Surprised on bombings. The drama was there, the torturing scenes are believable. Amazing, a great watch! I'm glad that it received some recognitions. I was just curious, why Kathryn Bigelow did not ... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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03/21/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Dark brooding riveting thriller |
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Bigelow's potrayal of greatest man hunt in the history of world, is dramatic valor. Chastain takes the lead role as Maya the CIA operative whose only mission is to f**k up UBL. The 10 year long mission to bring an end to the greatest terror any mankind feared is task uphill and Bigelow does it with prowess and finesse. The grand scenario that sets up in the final 45 minutes is thrilling to the best. The sheer silence without a hunch of music in the impulsive climax is Bigelow's beauty in direction. The various ideas of torture like dog belt, sleeping in a box and water droll in face is sheer torture. No reluctance seen anywhere in the writing. The Hurt Locker team is back with another Oscar wonder!
After attack of WTC, by Al Qaeda, US begins a strategy to pull the man out of the dark... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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01/14/2013 (2 of 2 found this helpful) |
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Ambiguous Title, But Good Movie |
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Zero Dark Thirty is advertised and perceived by the average movie goer as a movie more about Seal Team 6 and their raid on the Pakistan compound where Bin Laden was at. But in reality, this movie is mostly about all the events and intelligence gathered leading up to the raid, with the raid only being the last 20 minutes of the movie. So for all of you that wish to see an action flick, this is not for you. But for those of you that are aware that this movie requires your attention to follow the story from beginning to end, you will enjoy it. I found the movie enjoyable, but quickly compared it to another movie, Argo, which was much, much better. I also think the title for this film was poorly chose and should have been called something like "The Path to Bin Laden", rather than a title... |
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3/4 |
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I'm very much looking forward to watching this - coming up on the 10th - I though the Hurt Locker was terrific and am anticipating this to be one of the best films of the year. |
01/07/2013
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Finally saw it. It's terrific. Very suspenseful and interesting, and Jessica Chastain is great. I'm really happy for Kathryn Bigelow. I'm excited to see what she and Mark Boal are gonna do next (if they work together again). |
01/06/2013
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