The Hurt Locker – US Bomb Squad in Iraq Movie
The Hurt Locker is an award-winning 2 hr action thriller, based on the wartime experience of journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, about three (3) members of Elite Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team in the war-set city of Iraq where everyone are potential enemies and every object could be a deadly bomb. These soldiers tries to make the city a safer place for Americans and Iraqis and disarm several Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad. (source)
Excerpts from ComingSoon.net: “In the summer of 2004, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) of Bravo Company are at the volatile center of the war, part of a small counterforce specifically trained to handle the homemade bombs, or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), that account for more than half of American hostile deaths and have killed thousands of Iraqis. The job, a high-pressure, high-stakes assignment, which soldiers volunteer for, requires a calm intelligence that leaves no room for mistakes, as they learn when they lose their team leader on a routine mission.
When Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) cheerfully takes over the team, Sanborn and Eldridge are shocked by what seems like his reckless disregard for military protocol and basic safety measures. And yet, in the fog of war, appearances are never reliable. Is James really a swaggering cowboy who lives for peak experiences and the moments when the margin of error is zero – or is he a consummate professional who has honed his craft to high-wire precision? As the fiery chaos of Baghdad threatens to engulf them, the men struggle to understand and contain their mercurial new leader long enough for them to make it home. They have only 38 days left in their tour, but with each new mission comes another deadly encounter, and as James blurs the line between bravery and bravado, it seems only a matter of time before disaster strikes”. (source)
The movie casts includes Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly, Christian Camargo, and Christopher Sayegh.
It is directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman to win best director in the 82nd Academy Awards, and it was produced by First Light, Kingsgate Films, and Voltage Pictures. (source)
It was released last June 26, 2009 on theathres by Summit Entertainment and last January 12, 2010 was the release on DVDs.
