Movie: "The Hurt Locker" Year: 2009 Rated: R Genre: Drama
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Writing credits: Mark Boal
Reviewer: -RoG- Posted: 3/3/2010  Plot: A tense look at what an
army bomb squad stationed in Iraq has to deal with on a daily
basis.  Review: Caught this movie on a whim the other night and
was surprised at just how captivating it was. I'll preface this
review by telling you that I can't comment on how realistic or
how accurate the film is. I'm not in the military (shocking, I
know), so I can only compare it to other war films I've seen.
Full Metal Jacket will always be my favorite, but it's always
nice to see a new film that handles the subject of war well.  It
all starts off with a US Army Sergeant First Class William James
arriving in Iraq to take over the command of an Explosive
Ordnance Disposal unit whose commander was recently killed by a
bomb. The team quickly realizes that James has a very different
leadership style and things start tensing up extremely fast.
Turns out, James is so gung