“Zero Dark Thirty,” a gripping Oscar-nominated drama about America’s decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden, was making sparks fly even before it hit the screen.
Focusing on the single-minded efforts of a determined young CIA operative named Maya (Jessica Chastain) to find the terrorist leader responsible for the attacks of 9/11, the film delves into the protracted, expensive, super-secretive, and sometimes brutally ugly pursuit of the man who for 10 years topped America’s most-wanted list.
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