THE HURT LOCKER
5 out of 5 stars

i can see why this movie got the best picture win @ the oscars because it’s sooooo f-ing INTENSE!!! such edge-of-your-seat INTENSITY!!! i LOVED this one!!!



here's the storyline: jeremy renner plays sgt. will james, an adrenaline pumping, risk taking, bomb defusion expert in the u.s. army’s EOD unit where he is called in where literally “shit hits the fan”. (meaning when troops encounter items that may be bombs)  he has defused over +800 bombs in the iraqi desert, and knows exactly what to do whether a bomb is strapped to a car, hidden in the sand, or even placed inside a dead body... his team mates don’t really understand his methodology/approach, and are scared SHITLESS when many of their assignments reach a boiling point. (or even higher...) best scenes are probably when they run into a british intelligence unit capitan-ed by a fiery ralph fiennes, the beginning/opening scene with guy pearce as the bomb defusion expert, the end scene with the “suicide bomber”, and the car bomb scene. the car bomb scene is my favorite due to the fact that it’s soooooo suspenseful, unpredictable, and you get to see both POVs from sgt. james as well as his other team mates...


katheryn bigelow wows us with such a great movie about soldiers who risk their lives everyday by defending our country in rough terrain, and she sure knows how to create such anxiety, even from the get-go! you feel it in your head, and it does not leave you...for one minute! acting is superb and refined, the cinematography is very documentary-style yet tons of indie-action, and like i said, this one is definitely worthy of oscar gold... the movie's tone is all about how war is an addiction for sgt. james, but underneath that exterior, he realizes that everytime he puts on that bomb-proof suit, he risks EVERYTHING to do what he does best.  like i said, it's very gripping! 

SEE IT NOW if you haven’t yet! it'll leave you wanting more... just like sgt. james! ;) (you'll get it once you see it...)