Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Jon C — 29 Jan 2018

Terrible. Absolutely terrible. I literally signed up with this website to protest this movie.

This review of The Hurt Locker (2008) was written by Jon C on 29 Jan 2018.

The Hurt Locker has generally received very positive reviews.

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