The Hurt Locker

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2009)

The film follows an elite army bomb squad led by the rather crazy SSgt. William James (Jeremy Renner on brilliant form). James has taken over from Sgt Matt Thompson who was killed in a previous mission. His team consisting of Sgt. JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Spc. Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) are thrown into combat by James without any consideration for their own safety as they come to realise that James seems to have no fear of death. they are forced to play a deadly game of cat and mouse in the streets of Iraq with each day possibly being their last. The film is brilliantly shot and the superb cast make the Hurt Locker a must see film.