Zero Dark Thirty
By: Elise Adcock
"Zero Dark Thirty," is a movie based off of the U.S attack to kill Osama Bin Laden. The film is an overview of one woman's studies over 10 years in attempt to assassinate Bin Laden, and finally being successful. After the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001, killing Osama Bin Laden was top of the U.S's to-do list.
Maya is a CIA operative who's first experience in al-Qaeda interrogation set her up for a long time of wanting to kill Osama Bin Laden. For several years, she did not speak of her searches for Bin Laden and his partners, but they came into use many years later. It appears that her work will pay off, and a U.S. Navy SEAL team is sent to kill or capture Bin Laden. But only Maya is confident Bin Laden is where she says he is. This action-thriller is based off the real capture and assassination of Osama Bin Laden.
I liked the realness of this movie. "Zero Dark Thirty," was based off of a true story and it was portrayed well throughout the entire movie. The scene of actually capturing bin Laden and Abu Ahkmed was very realistic and was made as accurate as possible. I'm sure there were some differences between the legitimate history of this, but overall it was a good interpretation of the historical moment.
The lesson I learned from this movie is to never give up. Throughout the entire film, Maya never gave up on trying to find Bin Laden. No matter how many people doubted her throughout the 10 years of searching, she never doubted herself and was confident on the position of Bin Laden. When he was finally killed, she didn't know what to do with herself because she had devoted her life to finding him and now that she had, her work was done.
Rate: 8.5/10
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