Plot
Following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his men are charged with finding the so-called weapons of mass destruction, whose existence justified American involvement, according to the Pentagon and their man in Baghdad, Poundstone. Veteran CIA operative Marty tells Miller that there are no weapons, it is a deception to allow the Americans to take over the country and install a puppet leader. Also suspicious of Poundstone is Wall Street Journal reporter Lawrie Dayne, who lets slip to Miller that Poundstone told her he had secret talks in Jordan with an important Iraqi, code-named Magellan, who told him about the weapons, though it now seems likely Magellan's true information was to the contrary. So begins a hunt for the truth. Who's playing whom?
Written by
Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
Crew
Production Countries
Spain, France, United States of America, United Kingdom
Production Companies
dentsu, Working Title Films, Relativity Media, StudioCanal, Universal Pictures
Languages
English
Awards
6 nominations total