We follow Maya (a career-defining performance by Jessica Chastain), a young CIA intelligence officer who dedicates twelve years of her life to finding one man. The film opens with a black screen and the actual audio of emergency calls from the World Trade Center on 9/11—a stark reminder of the stakes.
: Spanning 2001 to 2011, the story tracks Maya as she navigates "black sites," interrogations, and bureaucratic hurdles to identify a key courier named zero dark thirty full film