2009 · drama · thriller · war
The Hurt Locker
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow2h 11m2009
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.
Our read: The Hurt Locker (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- extreme
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How The Hurt Locker feels to watch.
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“You want white-knuckle bomb-squad tension without a propaganda sermon.”
Skip it tonight — Iraq War stress or explosion anxiety will wreck your evening.
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