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A riveting drama based on true events preceding the war on Iraq. Today it is common knowledge that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that the Bush family wanted to exact revenge on Saddam Hussein for the first Iraq war in the early 90s. Destroying countries in the Middle East and killing hundreds of thousands was not an issue for them. What is common knowledge is also the fact that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9 11 tragedy perpetrated by Al-Qaeda.
Katherine Gun ( Keira Knightley) is a British intelligence specialist who comes upon a memo describing an intent by the American government to blackmail UN representatives into voting for the war. Being antiwar herself she is compelled to make the memo public.
The script is solid and the momentum of the film tense as high powered government officials in British and US government want this kept under wrap.
There is a great cast with Matt Smith as Martin Bright the reporter who publishes the memo; Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson the lawyer who defended Gun; Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont, Indira Varma as Shami Chakrabarti and Conleth Hill as Roger Aton.
The story is enraging especially now that the truth is known about the Iraq war and the dubious character of the current US administration.
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