Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Rob M — 01 Sep 2017
The Hurt Locker is Kathryn Bigelow's essay into comparing the addiction to war to the addiction to drugs. Jeremy Renner portrays a rogue IED dismantler and his by the book crew. Based upon the personal accounts of journalist Mark Boal during the Iraq War Bigelow provides a gritty and grim vision of what it's truly like to be a soldier in today's world.
Renner, Omari Hardwick, and Brian Geraghty lead the EOD crew and we see their day-to-day encounters with IEDS complete with destruction and death. Emotions and tensions run high throughout and the conclusion leaves us wondering what will become of the characters that we became so familiar with.
A gripping expose on the horrors of war.
This review of The Hurt Locker (2008) was written by Rob M on 01 Sep 2017.
The Hurt Locker has generally received very positive reviews.
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