The Hurt Locker (2008)

Directed by

Kathryn Bigelow

Genre

drama film, action film, war film, independent film, action thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 6,235 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It follows an Army bomb disposal team in Iraq as they defuse explosives and deal with enemy attacks. The film shows how the constant danger affects each soldier differently.

tensegrittyclaustrophobicsuspensefulharrowingvisceralbleakfocused

What happens

The Hurt Locker is a 2009 American war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. It follows an Iraq War bomb disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to write the screenplay. The Hurt Locker premiered at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival and was released in the United States on June 26, 2009, by Summit Entertainment. It received acclaim from critics, who praised the acting and cinematography. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, and became the first film directed by a woman to win Best Picture. It grossed $50 million worldwide. The Hurt Locker is considered one of the most influential war films of the 2000s and the 21st century. In 2020, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Notwithstanding its popular appeal, the film has been criticised by Iraq War veterans as "absurd" and "nonsensical". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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