Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Paul W — 26 Jan 2013

Superb - proper war macho without the Michael Bay factor. The perfect thesis of how war is like a drug - a mixture of excitement, adrenaline and bullish highs, you'll even start to believe the doc - that war ".

..doesn't have to be a bad time in your life. Going to war is a once in a lifetime experience! It could be fun." But as we know, with highs come the deprivating lows... The film refuses to fall on one side or the other on the morality of war, instead concentrating on depicting modern warfare as immersively as possible.

Gripping stuff.