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  1. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Mark Johnson Awards Daily Evocative and unsettling, The Hurt Locker remains an outstanding and cautionary war drama. Jun 14, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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    • Jeremy Renner
  2. One of the finest war movies of all time that will find a home in history among the best of the best. As taut and tense as a trip-wire, The Hurt Locker / is a go-for-broke, hang on for dear life ...

    • Heroes of the Invasion. When the President of the United States sent troops to invade Iraq over fears the country’s strongman, Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction, Americans were split over the decision to go to war.
    • Superb acting. Before they became huge stars as part of the Marvel Universe starring in the Captain America and Avengers franchise, Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie were up-and-coming unknown actors when they starred in this film.
    • Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow has been proving for years that women filmmakers can direct great action films; she has been directing some of the best action films released over the last 30 years, and “The Hurt Locker” is, without question, her best film to date.
    • Filmed on Super 16mm. Filmed on the smaller format of Super 16mm, the film has a grainy real-life visual style in its depiction of war. Most films are shot on the bigger 35mm format or on digital capture.
  3. Feb 16, 2020 · The Hurt Locker was mostly shot in Super-16 on multiple cameras with micro and macro perspectives. And this is what makes it a bad candidate for 4K, frankly. The strengths of ultra high definition ...

  4. Mar 29, 2010 · Blu-ray Review: The Hurt Locker. Total audience immersion is the intent of The Hurt Locker, this year’s Best Picture Winner and the first to successfully penetrate the war in Iraq. Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal leave out politics entirely, instead using 360° camera coverage and a highstrung, documentary-style narrative ...

  5. The Hurt Locker was named the tenth "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" in 2017 by The New York Times chief film critics A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis. [ 70 ] Media Historian Prof Stuart Ewen criticised in the movie what he described as “a complete celebration of a lone lunatic, but who ultimately is the quintessential American Hero, because lone lunatics are very big in this country ...

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  7. Jun 26, 2009 · Oct 9, 2022. Kathryn Bigelow's film, The Hurt Locker, is a bit of a controversial best picture winner, but overall, I feel it's a great film. It's expertly directed, well written, and contains artistry in all of the smaller details. Sergeant First Class William James is one of the most interesting film protagonists in history.