In the early morning of Monday, May 2, 2011, local time in Pakistan, a CIA-led, U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment provided stealth helicopters, and the SEAL Special Warfare Development Team (formerly known as SEAL Team 6) designed to hunt and kill Bengals. Bin Laden's Operation Neptune Spear quietly took place. More than 20 SEALs and a Belgian Shepherd dog who had undergone many simulation exercises took off from the US military base in Afghanistan and flew to (suspected) bin Laden in Alberta, Pakistan after 90 minutes. Bud's hideout. In addition to this special force directly involved in the raid, there are actually multiple supply units, reinforcements, search and rescue teams, and even drones on standby. The entire raid ended within 40 minutes of the plan, killing Osama bin Laden and bringing back his body, and the US side had few casualties, so the mission was successfully completed. However, a helicopter encountered an accident when it landed, and had to abandon it and blow it up. Later, a backup helicopter not far away was called for reinforcements, and all the personnel were taken away. Members of the U.S. National Security Council, including Obama, watched the whole process, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they got the news of bin Laden's death.
The film uses the perspective of a fictional CIA female agent Maya to string the entire clue. At the beginning, the background of 911 was explained concisely through audio clips; then the half-hour interrogation at the CIA black interrogation point allowed us to see a variety of enhanced interrogation techniques; subsequent incidents included the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing and targeting The CIA’s Camp Chapman attack in Afghanistan caused 54 deaths and the latter resulted in the deaths of 7 CIA operatives; the identification of bin Laden’s messenger became a breakthrough to find bin Laden himself, Maya et al. A three-story building in Abbottabad, Pakistan was located through the track of the trap, which was suspected to be bin Laden's hideout; after some debate and wrangling, the Obama administration finally deployed Operation Poseidon's Spear, and the film took nearly 30 minutes. time to describe the raid in detail, only slightly less than it actually took at the time.
The 7-year timeline, the two-and-a-half-hour film, and the adaptation of real events have all given the film the stamp of an epic movie. But because it is a history and a person from the past, it is not easy to be neutral. Although the film exposes many issues such as the waterboarding scandal of prisoner abuse, bribery and other illegal means used by the CIA in the investigation, and the harm to innocent civilians and even bin Laden himself during the arrest process, all of them are on display. Facts without comment; given the broader context of counter-terrorism, it has been criticized for its acquiescence to these unethical practices. My opinion is that public opinion does not need to be too harsh on this. After all, this is an Oscar-level mainstream American film. It can faithfully record such a major event that has just passed and everyone knows the result without losing entertainment. , has been very valuable. If I have to be picky, the final victory seems to have been based on Maya's personal heroism and perseverance over the years (such as asking for $200,000 for a seemingly unrelated call), which is more than " The small book in Argo is not reliable. However, in order to take care of viewing, I can only make it up like this.
The original script for the film was actually about the Battle of Tora Bora at the beginning of the Afghan war, and some subsequent operations to find bin Laden. But news of bin Laden's murder came just before filming began, forcing screenwriter Mark Boal to spend five months rewriting the script for free. It's no wonder that Boal later expressed a strong interest in making a prequel - no one wants to waste his two years of hard work.
The title Zero Dark Thirty is military term for 0:30 in the morning. In the film, shortly after the first helicopter arrives at its destination (crash landing), there is an LED clock in the shot showing that it is 00:30 local time.
Much of the film was shot in Jordan and India. Among them, bin Laden's hideout was built by the film's art director in the desert of Jordan for three months.
The role of female agent Maya was originally given to Rooney Mara, who made her stunning appearance in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Her exit gave Jessica Chastain a chance, but was initially turned down by her agent. Fortunately, director Kathryn wanted to call Jessica herself, and the casting was successful. Jessica lived up to her expectations, nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the second year in a row (the last time was Best Supporting Actress in "The Help"), and won her first heavyweight award - the Golden Globe for the most Great heroine.
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