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The Hurt Locker received widespread acclaim, with Renner's performance receiving praise from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 97%, based on 290 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 8.5/10.
A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the Iraq War. Read Critics Reviews
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- Kathryn Bigelow
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- Jeremy Renner
Jul 31, 2024 · The Hurt Locker is a tense thriller for its subject matter, but also for its emotional heft. The toll this job puts on soldiers and their personal lives is immense. There is never a moment when the human element is missing from these men and the people they save/thwart.
- Zach Youngs
Aug 6, 2024 · The Hurt Locker, American war movie, released in 2008, that is set during the second year of the Iraq War and won six Academy Awards, including for best picture. For her work on the film, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Oscar for best director.
- Pat Bauer
The Hurt Locker: Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. With Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce. During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Kathryn Bigelow
- 2009-07-31
Jun 26, 2024 · Was 'The Hurt Locker' anti-war or simply another US propaganda piece masquerading as rebellious art? Over a decade later, we look back at Kathryn Bigelow's history-making film.
Jul 8, 2009 · “The Hurt Locker” is a spellbinding war film by Kathryn Bigelow, a master of stories about men and women who choose to be in physical danger. She cares first about the people, then about the danger.
