Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Josh S — 11 Jul 2015

"The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug", just breath, because maybe this will be the most exciting and realistic experience that you can have watching a movie about the Iraq War.

The Hurt Locker is extraordinary from A to Z, this original story by Mark Boal follows a group of soldiers from the U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal in Iraq and their problems and feelings during his stay in that country. Doesn't sound like a brilliant script, but believe me it is, and also is very original.

The film focuses on three main soldiers, the brave bastard Sgt. William James played by the great Jeremy Renner, the polite Sgt. J.T. Sanborn played by Anthony Mackie and the insecure one Specialist Owen Eldridge played by Brian Geraghty. All they are awesome, but Renner and Mackie were the ones who introduced me to the emotions of a real fighter.

One day women will be good cinema directors said someone once, that day is here and the name of the director is Kathryn Bigelow, how talented is she.

The technical achievement are impressive, the cinematography of Barry Ackroyd is truely beautiful, the sound by Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett is wonderfull like the edition of Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, but don't ask me about the score made by Marco Beltrami because was difficult can hear it clearly.

Well, the best picture of 2009, some people said that was near- perfect, but I I would dare say that is perfect. Without doubts is advisable to a hundred percent and personally is one of the best cinematic experiences of my life.