The Hurt Locker Movie Reviews

The film takes off from a statement by Chris Hedges, a war correspondent for the New York Times. After having studied the psyche of the young American soldiers on battleground Iraq, Hedges declared: "The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction; for war is a drug." A drug potent enough to de-humanise, de-sensitise the participants and transform them into killing machines? Or a drug, just strong enough to infuse that degree of adrenalin rush

It is the first movie about a modern war to win the Oscar for Best Picture and even though it was released in other parts of the world several months ago and is even officially available on DVD it is quite exciting to be able to watch an Oscar-winning movie of the calibre of The Hurt Locker on our cinema screens. The Hurt Locker focuses on the lives of an elite Army bomb squad and the challenges its members face while attempting to disarm live explosives in wartime Iraq

“The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” The moment you see this line opening Kathryn Bigelow’s highly acclaimed film ‘The Hurt Locker’, you know the film might just be what you expect it to be. The Hurt Locker frankly has no point to prove nor does it intend to send any particular message across to the audiences. Fiercely intense, it is simply a powerful depiction of wartime narrative. What goes through the mind

This is a film that will make Americans feel good about themselves. The film is a birds-eye view of US bomb squad technicians volunteering to challenge the odds, defusing/detonating live bombs in order to save lives in one of the world’s most dangerous places, Iraq. That is as it may be but lets not forget that the US itself was responsible for making it all so dangerous and life-threatening. Bigelow’s film does not traverse behind the scenes

This isn't a movie about the war on terror but rather the collateral damage that follows thereof, in its wake. Shot in Jordan close to the Iraqi border, the film follows the US army's Bravo EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team going about their job in Baghdad. Following the death of team leader Staff Sergeant Thompson (Guy Pearce), Sergeant First Class William James (Renner), an Afghanistan War veteran (ex Army Ranger) takes over the team