a Bomb...

Rating: 3/10 (4 July 2009)

The idea is great but the execution just fizzles so fast. I love a good cerebral head trip but I need it to hold my attention. One of favorite movies is There Will Be Blood. It has a minimal amount of action yet it is both thrilling & compelling. However Hurt Locker is being marketed as an action war movie in the trailers & a deep anti war movie by critics. It isn't either of these things at all. Were introduced to a group of soldiers whos job it is to diffuse bombs one of them dies & is replaced by a rouge no fear kinda guy(Renner) This is where the movie just plummets! As an actor Renner does not have the chops to carry a movie. Aside from that whole scenes are wasted building up to mini anti climatic moments that are frustrating to watch. The Hurt Locker is one of those rare movies where you start watching one movie & somewhere along the line it becomes a whole different movie. Kind of like Full Metal Jacket. The first 1/2 is amazing the other not so much but still very watchable. Not so for The Hurt Locker. I truly wish & hope somebody rips off this idea & actually makes something good out of it. As it is The Hurt Locker is a dull go nowhere kind of film that for some reason is actually getting a lot of good press & word of mouth. I truly don't get it.