The Hurt Locker
Stars
3
Rating
R
Author
Mark Boal
Length
131
Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Synopsis
"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." [IMDb]
"The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents, and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which is intolerable to some and addictive to others. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to to write the screenplay.
The Hurt Locker received widespread acclaim and won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Bigelow won the award for Best Director, making it the only film by a female director to win in either category." [Wikipedia]
The movie opens with this line written by Chris Hedges, "The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug." In the second to last scene, William James is at home talking with his baby son, who is happily playing with his toys. James tells his son that as he grows older, he will learn to love things less and less as he becomes disillusioned with the things of the world until someday he may become like his father, who now loves only two things, or maybe only one thing. In the last scene, Sergeant James is getting out of a helicopter to start another year as a bomb technician in Iraq.
"The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents, and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which is intolerable to some and addictive to others. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to to write the screenplay.
The Hurt Locker received widespread acclaim and won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Bigelow won the award for Best Director, making it the only film by a female director to win in either category." [Wikipedia]
The movie opens with this line written by Chris Hedges, "The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug." In the second to last scene, William James is at home talking with his baby son, who is happily playing with his toys. James tells his son that as he grows older, he will learn to love things less and less as he becomes disillusioned with the things of the world until someday he may become like his father, who now loves only two things, or maybe only one thing. In the last scene, Sergeant James is getting out of a helicopter to start another year as a bomb technician in Iraq.
Genre
Historical
Released
2008
Location
Middle East
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
Iraq War
2003
2011
Wars