The Hurt Locker
	Rating
	Type	Video On Demand
	Audience Rating	R (Restricted)
	Release Date	2010-01-12
	Actor	Jeremy Renner; Anthony Mackie; Brian Geraghty; Guy Pearce; Ralph Fiennes;
	Director	Kathryn Bigelow;
	Length	131 minutes
	Special Price
	Lowest New Price	$3.99
Categories
Action & Adventure  Drama  Action & Combat
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Description
When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge by recklessly plunging them into a deadly strategy of urban combat. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way this will modify every man forever in a movie this the NY Daily News says "deserves to stand as one of the defining films of the decade."
Customer Reviews
The Hurt Locker Movie Review   2010-03-21
By Haunted Flower (Indianapolis)
This is not my favorite movie genre, but I will say it is a well-made movie. The Hurt Locker was directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break) and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner as Sgt. William James, a team leader for a bomb squad stationed in Iraq. The other members of his team are Sgt. JT Sanborn played by Anthony Mackie and Spc. Owen Eldridge played by Brian Geraghty. The story takes place over a 39 day period where Bravo company is waiting to be relieved so they can go home. This movie's directing is fantastic. The terrifying suspense that builds over time with each bomb wondering if it will be someone's last bomb to attempt to defuse. The terrain, heat, and dust were so well captured, they were making ME thirsty! Emotionally, the life and death situation these soldiers were put into everyday really messed with their psyche and perception of their mortality. James is a wildman, fearless to just jump into any situation recklessly, Sanborn tries his best to keep everyone safe but is afraid of commitment and getting too close to a woman back home, and Eldridge is getting therapy from a Colonel because he so intensely feels the strain that every day he might die. The actors very clearly defined their characters. All were well developed with layers in their performance, not all bravado or all fear. They just worked amazingly well as a unit. I have a hard time even singling out any of the three because as soon as I attribute something to one in my head, I remember something else one of the others did. Let's just say they handled the heavy burden of this movie incredibly well and I hope to see more from them in the future. One last note, turns out James' wife back home is Evangeline Lilly, Kate from LOST. My husband and James have something in common, if that was what they had to come home to, they'd be bored too, haha. We're not Kate or Jack fans. We are fans of Locke and Ben and Hurley!
excellent movie...   2010-03-21
By P. Shaw (USA)
bought it based on the high ratings and it didn't disappoint. only negative and reason that i rated 4 stars instead of 5 was the unstable camera work in some of the scenes but still, all in all a super movie...
Love among bomb techs (EOD)   2010-03-21
By bernie (Arlington, Texas)
This movie is repetitive and boring. The same cowboy (Jeremy Renner) rushes in where wise men never tread to dismantle bombs, dismantle people, and dismantle our time. All the characters are one-dimensional. The story does not have any redeeming social value. There is no rhyme or reason; there is just a bunch of explosions and more explosions and more explosions. They did borrow a tad from "All Quiet on the Western Front" by sending the dissenbomer home to an environment that did not understand him. I would give you more details about the film but that is all there is. Okay takes place in Iraq 2004. Actual filming Locations are "Amman, Jordan", "Kuwait", and "Langley, British Columbia, Canada." The Blu-ray has a voice over commentary. This explains why this looks like one long commercial for a film by people that were just reporters.
LOW BUDGET DRAMA   2010-03-20
By Chacho (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I don't understand when people said this movie deserved the Oscar for Best Picture/ Director, it was just and OK movie,OK acting, nothing WOW about it. I rented it to find out what was all the fuzz about it, got bored, it is a low budget drama.
Deserved Movie of the Year   2010-03-20
By Zane (Maryland)
I was not surprised when The Hurt Locker won The Academy Award for Best Picture. I expected it and had told everyone who would listen that it would win, as well as winning for Best Director. The film gave me a new respect for what people in the military have to deal with on a daily basis. The characters were vividly drawn out and the main character is one to be remembered: a man who could not give up the life because he had become the life.