When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James’ true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever in a movie that the NY Daily News says “deserves to stand as one of the defining films of the decade.”
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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Treason!!!!Zero stars- If misinformation was the intent, then I will change to 5 stars. Civilians are ignorant enough to military life without some blowhards from Jollyhood disgracing units in combat zones. This is an award winning piece of trash that has no credibility, no discipline, and seems almost intent on disgracing American Service Members and making a mockery out of their roles in the Armed Forces. Rated R For Ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!.Score: 1/5
AmazingShe told an amazing story. You can tell she did some great research on the EOD and what they do. This made my Top 10 best war movies..Score: 5/5
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A Quiet but entertaining outstanding war movieThe Hurt Locker is a memzering war film to say the leasts. And The Hurt Locker deserves to be a fantastic quiet war film and Jeremy Renner is wonderful so as Kathryn Bigelow's directon and cinematopgraphy are all fantastic. I like the fact that Jeremy Renner really cared about his role instead of forcing it and his character is strict and smart i highly recommend the hurt locker it's amazing..Score: 5/5
HorribleI can't fathom how this movie has been so successful. I was an MP in the Marine Corps and I deployed to Iraq, this what I did EOD Security, we provided security for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal men who disarmed IEDs, after dozens of missions let me be the one to tell you that this movie is by far not even close to accurate of what it is really like. This is some straight up Hollywood bull crap, so if you want to enjoy this as pure Hollywood Fiction than go right ahead but do not for one second think this movie is even 1% accurate to the real thing..Score: 1/5
Removed from realityCourage is one thing, but blatant disregard for the perils of war is another. No person in their right mind would act like James and live for a day. Towards the end of the movie Sanborn tells James he is now ready to have a son of his own, whereas in the beginning of the movie he was not ready. This is the lesson Sanborn learned from watching James' insane behavior? Like fishing for explosives by pulling on their ignition wires? This inspired him to take some risks of his own and he is now ready to father a child? Give me a break..Score: 2/5
The suspense!The tension has never been higher in Kathryn Bigelow’s 2009 film “The Hurt Locker”. The film’s story follows a US Bomb Disposal team deployed during the Iraq War. Bigelow’s creation that war is not just tough but a drug, and once you get a taste you’ll come crawling back for more is quite evident in this movie.The opening starts with a quote from war correspondent and journalist Chris Hedges: “The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” The story takes place during the middle of the Iraq war, Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) has recently been assigned to a US Bomb Disposal team that lost its last bomb disposal technician in the first 15 minutes of the movie. Sergeant JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraphty) struggle to follow under their new team leaders reckless lone wolf style of work. Back at base, James meets a young Iraqi boy by the name “Beckham” throughout the movie he would become a common character that would show up at base trying to Sell james DVDs. Ultimately James becomes friends with the young boy. Sanborn talks to Eldridge about “accidentally” killing James when they are defusing a bomb. On their way back to camp the run across what appears to be four Iraqi men with their faces covered standing next to a truck. After tension ensues the four men are revealed to be british mercenary contractors holding two Iraqi’s most wanted. After a firefight with some attackers most of the mercenaries are dead. The team goes on a raid and James believes he finds Beckham dead but ultimately learns that it was just another boy. After james tries to go and find the insurgents on his own he returns to find Beckham looking for him at the base. On their last two days of deployment the team is called in for one final mission where they find a civilian man that has a vest filled with explosives. James after inspecting the vest as the tension climaxes he realizes he cannot defuse the bomb in time and evacuates to a safe distance as the man explodes. Sanborn cannot cope anymore and says he wants to go home and have a family. When James goes home he meets with his wife and child but finds his civilian life boring and the film ends with him starting another year long tour with Delta Company. This movie kept my heart beating from beginning to end. The dirtiness and grit of war creates a numbingness in the movie. Bigelow’s ability to build tension is quite astounding. This is one of my favorite movies solely due to the horrendous but somehow believable events that the team dealt with kept me invested throughout the movie. The Hurt Locker does romanticize the war but it also shows how war is a drug. Just as a viewer from the outside there is a part of me that wants them all to go back. My only problem about the movie was that it appeared fake at at times. A lot of the movie seems as though the team is up against the world with no one to help them. This is hard to believe and sometimes would take me out of the experience and perhaps it was just the way it was edited, but it felt like all of this was happening in a matter of days. Not over the course of a full tour. I agree the movie seems at times to be inaccurate with the real life Iraq war, but this is not to say it is a bad movie. If you like war movies or are just in for a suspenseful thriller with heart pounding scenes this is a fantastic movie for you. I would definitely recommend this movie and will most likely watch this movie a couple more times..Score: 4/5
MurzinaterWorst Military movie ever made!!!!!!!!.Score: 1/5
Amazing.I thought this movie was extremely good. I have seen in many times and I enjoy it very much. I’ve seen a lot of other reviews by veterans and I just have to say, your entitled to your own opinions, But this movie as a whole was fantastic..Score: 5/5
Why'd he kick the car?Why would he kick a car that is believed to have enough explosives to clear a block? My neighbor was eod and said that the movie was garbage. This is the same war movie that I've seen one hundred times, just a different cast and setting..Score: 1/5
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