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Synopsis: Maya is a CIA operative whose first experience is in the interrogation of prisoners following the Al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. on the 11th September 2001. She is a reluctant participant in extreme duress applied to the detainees, but believes that the truth may only be obtained through such tactics. For several years, she is single-minded in her pursuit of leads to uncover the whereabouts of Al Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden. Finally, in 2011, 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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 87 wins & 171 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
95
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2012
157 min
$95,720,716
Website
2,353 Views


We're all incorporating

her assessment into ours.

A hundred percent he's there.

Okay, fine, 95 percent 'cause I

know certainty freaks you guys out,

but it's a hundred.

They're all cowed.

- What do you think of the girl?

- I think she's f***ing smart.

We're all smart, Jeremy.

May I join you?

How is the food down here anyway?

Uh, it's okay.

- How long have you worked for the CIA?

- Twelve years.

- I was recruited out of high school.

- And do you know why we did that?

I don't think I can answer that

question, sir. I don't think I'm...

allowed to... answer.

All right.

What else have you done

for us, besides bin Laden?

Nothing.

I've done nothing else.

Well, you certainly have a flair for it.

No?

Yeah.

All right, let's be serious now.

Yeah don't f*** around on this one, dude

You're just f***in' around,

'cause you see I'm up by two games.

How many you got?

Patrick, be honest with me.

You really believe this story?

I mean, no offense, no

offense, I know, but,

Osama bin Laden?

- Yeah.

- What part convinced you?

Her confidence.

That's the kinda, concrete

data point I'm looking for.

I tell you, buddy.

Her confidence is the one thing...

that's keeping me from getting

ass-raped in some Pakistani prison.

I'm gonna be honest with you, bro.

I'm cool with it.

Yeah.

Maya, I wanted you to hear it first.

You know that thing we talked about?

It's gonna happen.

- When?

- Tonight.

Good luck.

- Fifty bucks?

- Fifty bucks.

- Fifty bucks?

- Representing.

Fifty bucks.

It's a lucky shot.

F***.

Go.

Copy.

Copy that.

Thirty seconds to first turn.

Hey, Justin, what're you listening to?

- Tony Robbins.

- Tony Robbins, really?

You should listen to it.

I got plans for after this.

Big time. I wanna talk

to all of you about it.

Who here's been in a helo crash before?

OK, then we're all good.

We've just crossed the

border, now entering Pakistan.

Pakistani comms, no chatter.

Three minutes, stand by for doors open.

Two minutes.

Should be coming up just

off our nose, eleven o'clock.

Eyes on target.

Stay tight.

Three seconds.

Hey! Slide right! Slide right!

Too much updraft! Now, hurry up!

- We've lost power

- Go to lock-out.

Hey!

Hard landing!

Prince Five-One is down.

Black Hawk down in the animal pen.

This way!

This mission is still a

"go", I repeat, we are a "go".

Alpha Team is in the animal

pen, making entry for AC1.

No ropes, wheels down.

Prayer room's clear.

Breacher!

Echo Team is away, Prince

Five-Two exiting Alpha-Oscar.

Three...

Two...

One...

Execute!

Ibrahim!

C'mon out!

"Erfa Edak!" (Hands up!)

Get down!

- Down, down, down, down...

- "Yalla! Yalla!" Come on!

Throw your hands in the air!

- "Yalla! Yalla!"

- Down! Down! Down! Down!

Down!

You've killed him!

- Let's go.

- I got her.

"Taht, taht, taht... " (Under)

Hey.

"Yalla! Yalla! Ijlisoo!

Ijlisoo!" (Go sit!)

- "Ma'laysh, ma'laysh. " (Don't worry)

- Down! Sit down!

- Echo Eleven on perimeter.

- Ready to breach at P2.

Fire in the hole.

Failed breach, failed breach.

Back it up.

Back it up... main gate.

We got an unlocked door.

Abrar!

Abrar...

Abrar!

It's okay.

This is Echo Eleven.

We're gonna breach the main gate.

Negative, this is Echo Zero-One, I'm...

internal on the corridor.

I'll let you guys in.

Roger that.

Shut that f***ing kid up, please.

Talk to me.

No f***ing way we can blow this thing.

God-f***ing-damnit,

can you pop it manually?

No.

Alpha-Three...

This is Echo Eleven, we're at

primary set-point, prepping to breach.

Wait one, we're

internal on the south side.

This is a negative breach.

Roger, ready to make our entry out here.

Yeah, roger that, we're

coming to meet you.

Stay with these kids, and

don't let them in that backroom.

- Good?

- Yeah, bud.

Yeah. I forgot, were we

supposed to crash that helo?

Ibrahim tried to shoot through the door.

- Oh, yeah?

- I popped him from outside.

Oh, I f***ing smoked Abrar...

and his wife.

She still alive?

- She's gonna bleed out.

- What a f***ing mess.

Yeah.

Go...

This is Echo Zero-Nine, we have unknowns

gathering in the southwest rooftops.

Locked gate blocking the stairs.

Breacher up.

Back it up, back up.

Hey, back it up.

Watch out.

Execute.

Go...

This is Echo Zero-Five moving to level 2

Hakim, get those guys back.

Khalid...

Khalid...

Echo Zero-Two, moving to deck 3.

Clear.

- Yalla!

- Yeah.

Hakim, get him back, or

I'll start smokin' 'em.

Wait, wait, wait...

Go back! They will kill you!

They will kill you!

Go back!

No vest.

All clear.

Whoa, f***ing sh*t.

Usamah...

Usamah...

Usamah...

Down.

Got a possible jackpot.

- Roger that, possible jackpot.

- Sh*t.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Get down.

Ladin!

- Dude.

- It's okay.

Do you even realize what you just did?

Hey!

- Huh?

- Noori Hasan.

- Yo, she says it's not him.

- Talk to the kid.

Ladin!

Ladin...

Ladin!

Name... name...

Ladin...

- We're meeting down.

- A'ight.

Ladin!

Ladin!

Ladin!

Hey, come on.

Come on.

This is Red Zero-Two.

Geronimo.

For God and country.

Geronimo.

All stations, target

secure, target secure.

Roger, copy that, target secure.

Target secure. Commence SSE.

Prep for SSE right now. Books, DVDs, CDs

Every f***ing hard drive!

Do not leave a hard drive!

Hey, open that for me.

Let's go, guys.

Hey, what's up?

I shot the third floor guy.

Why'ncha get to work? Grab a bag.

Q-Rod is inbound, eight miles out.

Pak Air Force is responding.

Fourteen minutes to intercept.

Any station, this is Red

Zero-Two, we need a body bag.

This is Echo Zero-Nine, stand by.

Hakim, I got this. Get it to him.

Let's go, buddy.

Echo Zero-Five, this is Red Zero-Two.

How long do you need for SSE?

We're gonna need at

least ten minutes, sir.

Echo Zero-Five, you have four Mikes.

This is a gold mine, I

need more time than that.

Echo Zero-Five, if you're

not at the LZ at 4 Mikes,

I'm gonna leave your ass behind.

The Paks have scrambled the F-16s.

Four!

Minutes!

Red Five-Two, inbound for LZ.

Where do you need the bag?

Third deck.

Here!

Hey.

Get it up.

All right, let's move it out.

Let's go! Now!

You've got one Mike to

blow that downed helo.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Kilo-Red Forty-Six inbound

for LZ in thirty seconds, out.

Chopper Four-Six, we

were demoing Five-One.

Chopper Four-Six, wave off.

Four-Six, wave off, wave off!

Up!

Whoo-oo-oo!

- Well done, Patrick.

- Thank you.

Moving through!

All right, listen up,

gentlemen. Read the signs.

We're on strike, they can't be...

- that many of 'em, right?

- Collect all media!

- CDs, DVDs?

- Who's got a Sharpie?

- Right here.

- Good job, man.

Nice job.

Where the hard drives go?

- Guys, marker on tables!

- Yes, sir.

We got Ziploc bags and Sharpies use them

You all, mark all media!

- Gentlemen, watch your backs.

- Slow down.

Thank you, sir.

Good job.

- Slow down.

- Video cameras?

Video cameras, where-where was it found?

Yes, sir.

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Mark Boal

Mark Boal (born January 23, 1973) is an American journalist, screenwriter and film producer. Before he became a prominent figure of cinema, Boal worked as a journalist for such publications as Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon and Playboy. Boal's 2004 article "Death and Dishonor" was adapted for the film In the Valley of Elah, which Boal also co-wrote. In 2009, he wrote and produced The Hurt Locker, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2012, he wrote and produced Zero Dark Thirty, teaming again with director Kathryn Bigelow, about the tracking and killing of Osama bin Laden. The film earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. The pair collaborated a third time for 2017's Detroit. As of 2013, Boal has won two Academy Awards (four nominations), a BAFTA Award, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award and four Golden Globe Award nominations. He has also won several critics awards. more…

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