The Hurt Locker Review

The Hurt Locker Reviewpresents us what it's like to be up close and personal with threats, through an silent and invisible adversary who talks a different tongue. It displays us what it's like to be afraid of dying daily or how it's like to remove all fearfulness from the body and face that enemy using the extreme assurance. The Hurt Locker is the tale of a group of 3 Army bomb squad troopers, young guys, who have viewed the worst while in the Iraq Conflict, yet attempt to face regularly with a strong mind. However, with every day arrives new troubles.

The 3 major characters are actors who I have not noticed before, if I have, I do not recall them, even though with their performances during this movie, I'm sure I will in the future. The movie's star is Jeremy Renner. This individual performs the main character Staff Sergeant William James - the seasoned, arrogant bomb-tech who brings together the squad in early stages when their group leader dies. He does not like to play by the guidelines and is disliked immediately by Sergeant JT Sanborn, performed by Anthony Mackie. Sanborn is the soldier who tries to keep the squad on their feet, primed for action. The 3rd soldier is performed creatively by Brian Geraghty. He is expert Owen Eldridge - the soldier that is attempting to overcome great fears about dying. With regular meetings along with his physician, to chat about his anxieties, he repeats at numerous occasions.

The Hurt Locker is in addition a analysis of human emotion. All three of the soldiers represent several types of soldiers and, maybe, different emotions apparent in just 1 soldier whilst in the field of battle. James represents assurance and/or arrogance, Sanborn presents strength-under-strain, and Eldridge - anxiety.

If you want a storyline, this film has no official one. Essentially, it's the daily life of three Army bomb squad soldiers within the Iraq War. Not saying that's not enjoyable. Each new task is riveting. My heart was pounding fast for about 10 different scenes.

Every so often a caption will appear on the screen telling how many days are remaining on their twelve months deployment. It produces an atmosphere of uneasiness and longing in the audience. We want these men to have success and make it out alive. But will they wish to? The movie's starting quote says differently. "The rush of conflict is often a potent and lethal addiction, for battle is a drug."

The movie is directed by first-rate director Kathryn Bigelow, who furthermore directed the great futuristic James Cameron-written thriller Strange Days (1995) starring Ralph Fiennes. Fiennes also turns up in this motion picture and other major names Guy Pearce and David Morse. Their scenes are scattered through the movie and merely last for a few minutes, Morse's for only a few seconds - that was somewhat confusing in my opinion. Why not make use of these actors' abilities in greater roles?

Overall, The Hurt Locker breathes brand new life into a fairly drained war genre. This is certainly the very best Iraq War motion picture I have viewed lately, if not the best war flick of the decade. The extreme nail biting scenes and the overall pro-war message of the movie hopefully will leave a lasting influence in you as it did me.

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