Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Jeffrey G — 13 Aug 2012
Astonishing.
The Hurt Locker is one of the finest films ever made about "modern warfare" and its effects on those who must wage it. Imagine Jarhead, Generation Kill, and Black Hawk Down. Take what made each of those works brilliant, distill it and mash it together. You've got The Hurt Locker.
MASTERFUL in its creation of tension, brilliant in its depiction of soldiers, superior in it's re-creation of an urban combat zone and shot with grit and assurance by Barry Ackroyd. Odd that the finest film yet made about our most current war and most current "male subject matter" has been made by a woman. Maybe because a woman understands that CHARACTER drives everything. TAKE THAT, MICHEAL BAY-SPLOSION!
Cinematography, Editing, Direction--all Oscar-worthy, as is Renner's performance. if this isn't the first sure-thing Best Picture nom of the year, I may very well assassinate some members of the Academy.
This review of The Hurt Locker (2008) was written by Jeffrey G on 13 Aug 2012.
The Hurt Locker has generally received very positive reviews.
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