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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. TOP...
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The Hurt Locker, despite claims about its "apolitical" or...
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The Hurt Locker, despite claims about its "apolitical" or "non-partisan" character, proves in its own unsavory fashion to be a pro-war and pro-imperialist film. Full Review | Feb 13, 2021
- The Weight of Water
- K-19: The Widowmaker
- Strange Days
- Point Break
- Blue Steel
- The Loveless
- Detroit
- Near Dark
- Zero Dark Thirty
- The Hurt Locker
The Weight of Water is an overlooked piece from Kathryn Bigelow that crosses multiple plot strands that unlocks an intriguing mystery under its skin. Catherine McCormack plays Jean Janes as a newspaper photographer who investigates the murders of two immigrant women in her New Hampshire place. Sean Penn plays her vulnerable husband who gets entangl...
Bigelow showed potential on giving life to war-themed films with K-19: The Widowmaker. This thriller that starred Harrison Ford and Liam Neesonis centered on the Soviet submarine K-19 submarine, which suffered from technical fatalities on its initial voyage. Ford plays the Ahab-minded Captain Alexei Vostrikov who commanded the vessel through obstac...
On her first foray into sci-fi, Bigelow brought to life a story written by then-husband James Cameron about a former cop who delves into uncovering the mystery of a murder by recalling coveted memories and physical sensations. Director Bigelow employs a film noir style to make an absorbing experience of the crime’s scale. RELATED: 10 Action Movie M...
Who would know that Kathryn Bigelow was behind the cult sensation Point Break? Yet, she pulled it off effortlessly. To the unfamiliar, the plot revolves on FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) going undercover to infiltrate a group of bank robbers, led by the charismatic Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). In pulling off the intense action scenes and the surfi...
But before Point Break, Kathryn Bigelow took on a Jamie Lee Curtis vehicle that expanded her range. The Halloweenstar plays rookie cop Megan Turner who is entangled in a wild goose chase from a psychopath who takes an unhealthy obsession with her. While Curtis is good as ever as Turner, Ron Silver as the main antagonist brings chills of this time. ...
The Loveless marks not only the debut of Bigelow on feature-length films but also the acting debut of Willem Dafoeas the lead protagonist. Dafoe is a biker named Vance who gets entangled in danger from a motorcycle gang who intends to race to Daytona. RELATED: Willem Dafoe's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes This film is an overlooked pa...
Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film is a criminally underrated 2017 film. This time, she tackled the 1967 Detroit riots, particularly on the Algiers Motel incident. Bigelow never shied away from the heavy issues that the incident encompassed. And since it is based on several true accounts, she meticulously staged sequences from the chaotic situations the...
Kathryn Bigelow is a master of her craft, with her complete ability to blend to any genre. For her second directorial effort, she blends the Western, the horrorand the family drama genres into one story of a young Midwestern boy named Caleb who encounters a family of traveling vampires. His misadventures allowed Bigelow to bring her chops on the se...
It seems that Bigelow wanted a hand on extremely crucial issues that speak of the socio-political wounds that cripple the nation. The second foray to that is Zero Dark Thirty, a heavy dramatization of the operational manhunt to take down Osama bin Laden. This 2012 film never shies away from tackling the CIA’s unethical means of torture interrogatio...
Bigelow’s best effort, thus far, is her Academy Award-wining thriller about a triad of Iraqi War bomb disposal officers who deal with the psychological impact that the war took a toll on them both on American soil and the Iraq insurgency. Screenwriter Mark Boal derived inspiration from his time as a journalist covering the American troops and bomb ...
Sep 10, 2024 · Right now, “The Hurt Locker” holds an impressive 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes from almost 300 reviews. Filter by “Top Critics” and the score jumps up to an almost perfect 99%.
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Jul 15, 2009 · From director Kathryn Bigelow comes The Hurt Locker, the 2008 oscar winning war thriller film that follows Jeremy Renner as Sergeant William James and his bomb disposal team as they navigate beyond enemy lines during the Iraq War.
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Jun 26, 2009 · A first-rate action thriller, a vivid evocation of urban warfare in Iraq, a penetrating study of heroism and a showcase for austere technique, terse writing and a trio of brilliant performances.
