Interrogator on Monitor Derek Siow Interrogator on Monitor Fares Fares Hakim Mohammad K. Cargo Ship Detainee Henry Garrett Bagram Guard Homayoun Ershadi Hassan Ghul Darshan Aulakh Faraj Courier Yoav Levi Abu Faraj al-Libbi Sukhdeep Singh Pakistani Guard at Marriott Musa Sattari Human Khalil al-Balawi David Menkin Case Officer Scott Adkins John Eyad Zoubi Zied Julian Lewis Jones Blackwater Guard Christian Contreras Security Lauren Shaw Lauren Zachary Becker Embassy Tech Mark Strong George John Antonini Analyst at Embassy Jessica Collins Debbie Fredric Lehne The Wolf Ashraf Telfah Tech from Ground Branch Ben Lambert Tech Manraaj Singh Rawal Caller Tushaar Mehra Abu Ahmed Daniel Lapaine Tim - Station Chief Udayan Baijal Guard at Maya's Apartment Mark Duplass Steve James Gandolfini Director Stephen Dillane National Security Advisor John Schwab Pakistani Doctor Anthony Edridge General in Hangar John Barrowman Jeremy Jeff Mash Deputy Director of C.
Joel Edgerton Squadron Commanding Officer Brett Praed Alan Pietruszewski Pilot Kevin LaRosa Jr. Pilot as Ben Parillo Christopher Stanley Abu Ahmed's Wife Noureddine Hajoujou Abrar as Noureddine Hajjoujou Nour Alkawaja Abrar's Wife Malika Sayd Khalid as Tarik Haddouch Ricky Sekhon UBL Mark Valley Sean Cohen uncredited Greg Bennett Self archive footage uncredited James Garson Chick Navy Seal uncredited Grant Chism It gets stopped by some frowning young men, and the token good-Muslim character Hakim Fares Fares steps out to find out why.
Apparently, the filmmakers did not notice that he speaks to the young men in Arabic. In Peshawar, where he should be speaking in either Urdu, Pashtu, Punjabi, or even Dari, none of which sound remotely like Arabic. That would be like featuring scenes from "Lincoln" in Latin. Or Arabic. Or Pashtu. Second, the young men stop the van because of the presence of White people.
The problem with this point is that not only is it difficult to see the people in the van, but the Pakistanis and Afghans in Peshawar are generally at least as light-skinned as the people in the van. It is also rather curious that Fares Fares in this film is of dark complexion, while in most of his photos on the internet, he himself has light skin. Hakim is a harmless depiction, so I have no complaints about him, and Fares Fares has a dashing presence I hope to see in more movies. But, during the raid on UBL's house, the neighbors in Abottabad expectedly start watching.
As they start crowding around the house, they recall the zombie-like Iranians in "Argo. They continue their slow approach, until he speaks to them in English, which, for some reason makes them disperse. Maybe they did not understand his language on his first try. There is also the common depiction of Kuwaiti aristocrats, ready to sell out their friends and family in favor of a Lamborghini. I would complain about it, but I have even less love for Arab monarchs than most of the readers here do.
But, the point here is that if we join these two movies together, we have a very powerful double feature, and one that I doubt I would ever want to screen. More than that, at least in the film universe, we have a beginning and an ending. Perhaps "Syriana" could be the middle episode of this trilogy forcing us to accept that there is more to the story than the battle against Muslim insurgents.
And, central to the "United 93" plot is that we were attacked unexpectedly by people who were working carefully, and had to quickly ramble together to respond. And, central to the "ZD30" plot is the same point, that we found our man, despite how carefully his team was working, and had to quickly ramble together to respond. This double feature has a quality of Karma to it. In the real world, I don't know what the killing of UBL accomplished, except to complete the inevitable. Watching Bigelow's film I find myself thinking that there is and will always be a lot of darkness, even after the Supervillians are all killed.
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Zero Dark director Kathryn Bigelow could have changed the gender of the character for her movie. We're not sure who got which wires crossed, but it's clear someone has some explaining to do.
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