Cast: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
After
Hurt Locker Bigelow comes up with yet another grim realistic feature about the
decade long hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
The film
starts off a bit less engaging which might frustrate the average viewer but
that is just what the painfully detailed yet condensed screenplay by Mark Boal
intends.
You
start sensing the BGM only towards the end of the first half, which then onwards takes the film to a whole
new level.
The
first half is characterized by persistence determination grit and frustration. Though
the film smacks of female emancipation it is not a Jessica Chastain show, the
core of the film is the terrific script supported by some really good
performances from all the actors.
Come
second half the scene changes with the intensity, intent, anxiety and
testosterone levels shooting up. Dialogues are almost master class loaded with
insinuations, ridicule, desperation and helplessness. Bigelow and Boal have
remained neutral while depicting the political angle and rightly so which gives
a clear picture of behind the scenes drama leading upto the manhunt.
Certain
scenes like Jessica writing the no of days it is taking for the decision to
come from the President for Operation Geronimo really have an impact.
As
expected the cinematography is mostly colour-less, shaky hand held cameras, and
close ups, but it is par excellence during the wonderfully choreographed climax
sequence. The final scene of the movie with Jessica on board the aircraft beautifully
sums up the essence of the movie.
I am giving a 4/5 for Zero Dark
Thirty. The manhunt for Osama Bin Laden is on!!!
IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790885/?ref_=sr_1
Rating Scale (Out of 5)
Less than 2 -
Unwatchable.
2 to 2.25 -
Below average.
2.5 to 2.75 -
Average.
3 to 3.25 -
Good.
3.5 to 3.75 -
Great.
4 to 4.25 -
Exceptional.
4.5 and
above -
Extraordinary.
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