The trailer for Paul Greengrass’ latest offering Green Zone has landed. The film is based on the book ‘Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone’ by Rajiv Chandrasekaran which appears to be an account of much of the US administration’s failings there.

From the trailer, possibly due to the presence of Matt Damon, it seems like Greengrass has used the central idea of the book (living and working in the Green Zone) and spun it out to Bourne Does Iraq. It seems to be shot in a very similar style, with a similar emphasis on action and conspiracy. I’m sure Greengrass and Damon can pull it off and deliver an entertaining film but the question is whether we are saturated with Iraq war films to the extent that this one gets lost in the shuffle.