The Hurt Locker

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews June 23rd, 2009 |

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Starring:
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
Review:
Here’s the Iraq War movie for those who don’t like Iraq War
movies. The Hurt Locker doesn’t preach. Director Kathryn
Bigelow, working from a strong script by embedded journalist Mark
Boal, gets right down to business
(watch Peter Travers’ video review of The Hurt
Locker). She takes us deep into an elite U.S.
bomb-disposal squad in Baghdad. The dazzling virtuosity of her
ticking-bomb thriller includes staying alert to what’s ticking
inside the men. At the start, soldiers J.T. Sanborn (Anthony
Mackie) and Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) watch in horror as their
sarge (Guy Pearce) suits up to defuse a bomb that goes off in his
face. Enter Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner) as the new
head of the unit. Sanborn thinks James is all kinds of reckless,
and Renner and Mackie are outstanding at…


Rating: 3 Stars

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