A Very Intense War Film!

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2015)

Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director for this film. The film is s testament about war and how it affects soldiers and civilians too. This film stars Jeremy Renner as William James, a military professional who defuses bombs. Renner does a brilliant job in his performance. He gives a gut wrenching performance. The cast is a superb ensemble. Bigelow doesn't shy away from the horrors of war and brutality of it. Bigelow doesn't sugarcoat the life of war in Iraq. There are heart wrenching scenes like being unable to defuse a bomb to save a man's life or the loss of a friend and local DVD seller Beckham, a young boy. It is hard watching the images of children living in a war zone. Bigelow deserved the award for showing the cruel brutality of war. There are no winners in war but only losers on both sides.