Horrible Horrible... Horrible Locker

Rating: 1/10 (18 October 2009)

OK...do not waste the 2 hours out of your life, because you cant get it back. If you were in the Military, don't even give it the time spent wondering whether or not its a good movie to watch. Its not. THIS IS THE WORST MILITARY/WAR/COMBAT FILM EVER. PERIOD!!! That is not an exaggeration. I have roommates who are combat veterans in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom with experience in these situations. Any E.O.D. vet, would or should agree. There was little to no accurate military consultation this whatsoever. The best part about the movie was that it ended. Even that was no good. The Hurt Locker lives up to its name only in that it gives you a major headache to sit through it. The only aspect of the film that is well done, is its setting. The background is perfect. The directing and script was a dump in the toilet. The long drawn out scene where British SAS is made out to be a group of idiots who cant change a flat, while waiting ALL DAY LONG for EOD to take out a distant sniper, is unbearable. The Iraqi wife, who cant walk by the side of her husband on public streets, but has the Gall to attack an intruding ARMED MALE with kitchen utensils is totally ridiculous. All in all, the movie is a compilation of bomb engagement scenes that build to nothing. The final climactic scene of summed emotions being spilled between the two remaining team members, is anything but emotional or climactic. I cant get my two hours back. To think this movie was given praise by multiple accredited publications makes me F@#KING sick. It also tells me how little they know about how a proper WAR/Military film should be made. Because this... IS NOT!!