A: An elite Army bomb squad is in constant peril, as they go around Iraq’s war zone finding and disassembling camouflaged, hand made bombs.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: : Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christan Camargo, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Evangeline Lilly, David Morse, Suhail Aldabbach
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Stop! Plot-wise, this movie would’ve worked better as a video game. Mainly because it’s the same scene over and over: We find a bomb, we disarm it. We find a bomb, we disarm it. We find a bomb, we disarm it. At least if it were a game, we’d get to participate at levels of ever-increasing difficulty.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: Why anybody would want to see a movie that tries to make you feel like you’re in the middle of the Iraq War, at this particular juncture in our history is beyond me, so if you’re going to this, I probably can’t relate to you enough to tell you if it will make you laugh…
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: …or cry.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: It won several awards at the Venice Film Festival (none of which I’ve ever heard of), and it was up for 2 Spirit Awards for acting. But before you question my harsh judgment of this film, may I remind you that I’ve watched it, you haven’t.
Q: How is the Acting?
A: Jeremy Renner is the most under-rated actor in Hollywood, and has been for years. Maybe because he tends to pick dark, interesting roles in dark, uninteresting movies.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: As proven by her body of work, Kathryn Bigelow is a director who feels more confident about shooting action scenes than telling a story. This frantically shot film, with only a semblance of a story, continues in the tradition.
Q: How is the story/script?
A: Some of the characters are interesting, but you won’t gain much insight beyond the fact that war is Hell… And we already knew that.
Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?
A: If you still want to see an Iraq war movie after reading this review, rent Traitor. Here’s a link to my review of Traitor: http://moviereviewfaqs.blogspot.com/2008/08/traitor.html
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: http://www.moviefone.com/search/the%20hurt%20locker/trailers
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1 comment:
I thought there would be a lot more to The Hurt Locker than what is present in this film.
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