Kathryn Bigelow did her usual great job!

Rating: 8/10 (25 September 2010)

"If I'm going to die, I'm going to die comfortable." – Sergeant First Class William James.
The Hurt Locker was a great "suspense, action, war, drama". It does a very good job of showing us the "unsung" inside of an American bomb disposal squad in Iraq and the "craziness" of Sergeant James in particular, as they count down the number of days left in Bravo Company's rotation.
In comparison to past films such as "Point Break", "Strange Days" and "K19: The Widowmaker", which were all excellent films, Kathryn Bigelow did her usual excellent job of bringing us to a point of view we hadn't experienced or maybe considered before. Can you imagine wearing one of those bomb disposal suits every day in what's probably over 100 degree heat? The sad part of watching The Hurt Locker was that it had been so built up, that by the time I viewed it, nothing could have met my expectations. Kind of like Avatar, which I didn't see for a couple of months. By the time I saw it, I loved it, but it couldn't meet expectations.
The Hurt Locker is a great film about an American bomb disposal unit in Iraq. It has all the features you'd expect in a movie focused on a singular aspect of a war (in this case bomb disposal). It has all the intensity, suspense, personal tragedy, stress, male bonding and personal conflicts you'd expect if you were in a tight unit who eats, sleeps and breaths each others "everything" for 365 days.
Kathryn Bigelow did a great job of showing us the inner workings of a bomb disposal unit in Iraq where every day is a new problem, but also the same old thing Every time that they go out, it's a life or death struggle. Had any of us considered the concerns of a bomb disposal unit before? Basically, for them it's a loop, the same old same old. But if they make a mistake it means someones life.