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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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Violent, complex Iraq war drama is rough, tough, thrilling. Read Common Sense Media's The Hurt Locker review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Evangeline Lilly, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Summit Entertainment
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 war in Iraq is bloody chaos for the gung-ho new leader of the U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit (Jeremy Renner). Anyone might be the enemy, bombs are hidden everywhere, and he has to handle the psychological stress of war as he pulls his team members into the fray.
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.
Aug 5, 2021 · Fabulous! Violent, complex and emotional, this Iraq war movie is intense, well-made, and brilliant.
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Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 97%, based on 290 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 8.5/10. It was the second highest-rated film of 2009, behind Pixar 's Up . The critics' consensus reads, "A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is thus far the best of the recent ...