Annoying

Rating: 1/10 (12 August 2009)

I went to The Hurt Locker with high expectations, but should have known it was written by an embedded reporter who does very little to question the motives of the Iraqis or indeed the US forces in this film. Every Iraqi is either a stone-thrower, an insurgent or a kid selling porn to the troops. If I were an Iraqi - I'd want to join the insurgency just siting through this subtle propaganda! And what exactly are the motives of the 3 main troops? Why are they almost always on their own? What were they doing in the middle of the desert when they stumble on a bunch of Brit special forces? What a bunch of nonsense. The action scenes are well done but completely predictable. The dialog between the shrink and the 20 something year old grunt is simply ridiculous! The director stumbles along without a message or a reason. The main characters are self-pitying players in a war way out of their debt of understanding. so little did I care for both the story and the players that I left ten minutes before the end of this frustrating and wasted opportunity.