"War is a drug," writes Christopher Hedges in the epigraph that precedes "The Hurt Locker."
Director Kathryn Bigelow comprehends this observation and conveys it in this captivating, completely immersing action thriller. "The Hurt Locker" just happens to be set in Iraq in 2004, but, like the best films, transcends time and place , and in the process attains something universal and enduring. The Hurt Locker doesn't preach. Bigelow builds a combustible drama that shakes you in ways you don't see coming. "The Hurt Locker" is a great movie, period.
For the entire two hours, we are plunged into the dizzying, disorienting world of the soldiers who disarm what Americans have come to know as IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) or roadside bombs, neither of which term does full justice to the carnage they inflict.
"The Hurt Locker" owes much of its success to its script, which was written by journalist Mark Boal after he was embedded with an elite Army EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) squad for several weeks.
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