A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Direction
Bigelow makes bureaucracy feel like combat.
Acting
Chastain's final shot: exhaustion, not triumph.
Editing
The raid sequence: night vision, silence, then chaos.
Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Jessica Chastain
Maya
Jason Clarke
Dan
Kyle Chandler
Joseph Bradley
Jennifer Ehle
Jessica
Mark Strong
George
Joel Edgerton
Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
Chris Pratt
Justin - DEVGRU
Edgar Ramírez
Larry from Ground Branch
Mark Duplass
Steve
Scott Adkins
John
Harold Perrineau
Jack
Jeremy Strong
Thomas
Reda Kateb
Ammar
Ricky Sekhon
Osama Bin Laden
J.J. Kandel
J.J.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The climactic raid was filmed at a real Jordanian airbase with actual Navy SEALs as advisors; Bigelow wanted authentic tactics, not Hollywood heroics.
The 'Maya' character was based on a real CIA analyst still active at the time—Senators Feinstein and McCain blasted the film's torture depiction as misleading, sparking congressional scrutiny of CIA cooperation with Hollywood.
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