The Hurt Locker is stunning

Rating: 9/10 (26 October 2012)

The Hurt Locker gives shocking insight into the struggles of soldiers on and off the battlefield. The film follows a squad of three soldiers who unarm bombs in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After the original leader dies from a bomb detonation, Sgt. James takes his place. Sgt. James starts off as a poor leader because of his lack of communication with the rest of his squad. As the movie progresses, the relationships develop within the squad and their chemistry becomes much better. The movie comes to a shocking climax when the three soldiers try to find people who detonated a bomb in an urban center in Bagdad. At the end of the movie, when Sgt. James goes home, you see the struggles of soldiers to fit back into society after they have returned home from war. This in my opinion is the most captivating part of the movie.