Documentary feel

Rating: 3/10 (27 February 2010)

Movie feels a bit like a documentary or made for TV. In Die Hard you may see Bruce Willis trying to avoid or defuse bombs with some action. Here it feels much more like reality, not so much action - more the daytime job of defusing bombs.
Not so much change of scenery, feels like a low budget movie. I felt a bit bored watching it, and wouldn't recommend it unless you like winning Oscar material that doesn't have so much of a story. The movie is a bit like how you could maybe expect life as bomb defuser to be while being stationed in Iraq.
I had no idea it was such a big Oscar candidate when I watched it, the movie seemed a bit "anonymous" at the time. Maybe some of point is to feel what the main character feels in the movie, but didn't quite do it for me.