hurt locker /stop loss

Rating: 8/10 (2 March 2010)

Not sure if this is allowed - a double review.
'Stop Loss' and 'The Hurt Locker' are equals.
So many good war movies have been made and yet both these movies have come from original angles even though it becomes harder and harder for filmmakers. In these cases; the bomb disposal expert thriving on danger/the reservist willing the end of rotation but returned as the regular army is exhausted.
I watched 'The Hurt Locker' today and can't imagine this movie could be improved. I had to bring 'Stop Loss' into this review because it was a movie which slipped into the ether - maybe too early....bad timing.....the war was still too raw. I hope the war/wars remain as raw as ever in all minds.
So many war movies telling the same story in different ways. So little difference made.
An aside - its a pleasure to watch movies with fine actors who are not 'movie stars' yet!