The Hurt Locker is one of my favourite thriller films. It is
a War/drama thriller made in 2008. The film is the portrayal of the drama
involved in having the most dangerous job in the world, bomb disposal. A new sergeant,
takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team. He surprises the rest of the
team due to his reckless attitude to fighting. James the sergeant believes he
is inevitable but as the city he’s fighting in turns to chaos the real James is
released and this changes each member of the team forever.
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| The Hurt Locker - 2008 - Director: Kathryn Bigelow |
The movie is 131
minutes long and a certificate 15. The budget for the movie was $15,000,000 and
its gross profit turned out to be only $700,000 more. Despite this disappointing
return it has received a lot of critical acclaim and praise especially for its
raw drama and emotional display by the actors which I particularly admire.
Although the film has received some criticism from the military for inaccuracies.
Again despite this the movie has won 6 Oscars! 6 Academy Awards, 5 BAFTA’s and
another 78 various wins.
I believe this movie was so popular and successful
because it not only touches the hearts of many people with family members
fighting in the army who are worried about them but it also presents the raw
truth about serving your country, and although the technology has improved
since WW2 the misery, danger and emotions definitely have not, and this movie
seems to perfectly present this in a way which emotionally affects us. The
director Kathryn Bigelow also uses a great technique of camera to create a huge
amount of suspense perfectly shown in the scene when James pulls the bombs out
of the ground through the wires. The camera gives a bird eye’s view not only to
show us how much danger he is in and to create a huge amount of suspense but it
creates the feeling of the viewer’s being god watching down on him and letting
him live or die.
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| The famous scene from Hurt Locker. |
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