Green Zone / Jarhead / The Kingdom

GREEN ZONE

U.S. Defense Intelligence Agent Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear) doesn't want to hear what Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) has to say about not finding the weapons of mass destruction -- evidence that could launch a war -- he's been sent to Iraq to unearth. Why the cover-up? Rajiv Chandrasekaran's expos Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone inspired this frenetic wartime drama. Paul Greengrass directs.

THE KINGDOM

An FBI squad led by Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) travels to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to probe a deadly al-Qaida terrorist bombing targeting Americans, but local government bureaucracy and the possibility of another attack threaten the investigators' work. No one is to be trusted in this action thriller co-starring Jennifer Garner as forensics specialist Janet Mayes and Chris Cooper as bomb expert Grant Sykes.

JARHEAD

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a fictionalized version of Marine Anthony Swofford, whose biting memoir about his real-life stint as a sniper in Operation Desert Storm serves as the inspiration for Sam Mendes's drama. But instead of combat, the film focuses on the long, lonely days spent at war, and the cynicism and caustic humor soldiers employ to deal with unbearable conditions and ever-present danger. Peter Sarsgaard and Jamie Foxx co-star.