DVD Review: Zero Dark Thirty (+trailer)

It is almost impossible to truly appreciate the life of a CIA agent inside war-torn Afghanistan.

With the threat from al-Qaeda ever present and suicide bombers knowing no boundaries, every step could be your last.

Zero Dark Thirty tells of life in Afghanistan and the relentless search for information which will lead the CIA to Osama bin Laden.

This is the chronicle of the decade-long hunt for bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, and his death at the hands of the Navy Seal Team 6 in May 2011.

Maya (Jessica Chastain) is a committed and ruthlessly determined CIA agent who is obsessed with finding the courier who will lead her to bin Laden. The CIA is committed to pursuing every possible link but it seems to uncover more shadows than leads in its hunt.

Maya thinks she has finally found her man but she must keep digging and find the proof that will convince her superiors.

If she is right, he can lead the way to the world's most wanted man.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the film has won huge worldwide acclaim for the gripping manner in which this story has been told.

The film leaves you with a very real understanding of the deep struggle faced by CIA operatives in breaking down al-Qaeda and finding and killing bin Laden.

Zero Dark Thirty

(M) Roadshow Entertainment

Rating: 4 / 5