Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Tristan P — 06 Jun 2015

87%.

Watched this film on 27/05/2013.

Hurt Locker is clearly one of the best films from director Kathryn Bigelow and it is the only film of her other than Point Break that I have seen. The Hurt Locker is tensely shot and well acted. Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie are great actors and you can occasionally see big guns such as Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce. One of the best shot scenes in the film is the opening scene where a grenade explodes when it is triggered by a cell phone. There is this awesome slow motion scene during that explosion, it is mind blowing. Hurt Locker is one of the best Iraq War dramas from Hollywood. Also there is a sniper shooting scene in the film which is extremely interesting and tense. The scene where Jeremy Renner detonates a series of bombs kept on the back of a car is a really tense situation.

Hurt Locker has some disturbing scenes such as a bomb inserted inside the body of a dead boy. I recollect an incident that occurred in India when Maoists killed Indian soldiers and stuffed their bodies with bombs. Bombs were surgically inserted into the soldier's bodies. The report was that the Maoists take inspiration from Hollywood movies. Anyway, the suicide bomber was scene was a big letdown and from there the film fails to get momentum and tension from there on. I don't really know what else I have to say about this film, so I am winding up.