The Hurt Locker ?

I watched it last night on one of the streaming services (likely illegal....). I found it very intense. The lead actor, Jeremy Renner, is very good; reminds me of Russel Crowe for some reason. The other guy, Mackie, was equally good.

I did not take this as a comment about becoming an "adrenaline junkie". Rather, that war has damaging effects on the human psyche.
An "anti-war" film? Well, it's hard to imagine a "pro-war" film; 'tis a nasty business, after all. In that it shows the nastiness of war, you could likely say "anti"; but it's not a political piece. There is no comment on the "why are we there" aspect. Rather it's just about how war affects lives.
 
mwerner said:
Rather, that war has damaging effects on the human psyche.
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That is an understatement :eek:

While I was there, I never questioned why I was there. Too busy Charlie Mike'n it and staying alive.
 
saw it twice , a great film to see along with Takin chance with kevin bacon.
 
This is an excellent well made movie. If you are into modern CGI loaded Hollywood trash, this is certainly not for you. But, if you like a realistic war film that will keep you on the edge of your seat then by all means go out and catch this one. This is a very intense movie about life in Iraq as a bomb disposal expert. It was filmed on location in Jordan, and borrows nothing from the usual dim witted big studio films. This feels more like the Jaws of war movies; and, if that one got you out of the water, this one will drive you off the sand.

**** out of **** stars

n2s
 
Interesting that it is being well-reviewed by BFC members. That gives me hope that it might be an OK movie.

Usually, a movie of this type that gets good reviews by the Hollywood press needs to be anti-conservative, anti- American, anti-Christian, or somehow pro-leftist in some other way. Boogie Nights, for example, or W, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine.
 
So why is it called Hurt Locker? Does somebody actually get tortured that way? I shudder every time I think about it--being shoved in a small metal locker with no way to manouver, your body getting more uncomfortable and cramping up by the minute until it becomes an absolutely unbearable pain, and being left in there for hours or even days. A good (and a very horrific and detailed) example of somebody being put in the hurt locker is in Matthew Bracken's Enemies Foreign And Domestic. By the way, if you haven't read that book do yourself a favor and read it now!!
 
I don't recall a specific line of dialogue in the film explaining the title (but then again I was having volume troubles...)
But I think the "hurt locker" is pretty obviously Iraq itself. An apt description.
 
I believe "Hurt Locker" is what they call the box containing the personal property of a deceased solder. It is returned to his family. I may be wrong.
 
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