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2008

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Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. Read more

Starring	Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Director	Kathryn Bigelow
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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  "If I'm gonna die, I want to die comfortable."
  
  Premiering at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, 'The Hurt Locker' received a ten minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. Subject to much ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Aug 2009 at 11:05
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  - 0
  Hurt Locker
  
  my hubby and I loved this movie, we found it entertaining from word go! Well worth watching indeed. Not too bloody!
  
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- 1092077
- - a customer
  - 13 Feb 2012 at 19:24
- - 2
  - 0
  good but not that good
  
  basically a good action film, not at all realistic (doesnt matter). good for a watch or two with the lads but OSCARS?? seriously? there is a sea of propaganda ... read more »
  
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- 1091675
- - a customer
  - 12 Feb 2012 at 20:18
- - 0
  - 1
  OUTSTANDING - If you liked jarhead, youll LOVE this
  
  If you liked 'JARHEAD'
  
  you will LOVE this
  
  filmed in the same manner but something happens. I can understand why people dont like ... read more »
  
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- 1091028
- - ninjasquirrel
  - 2 reviews
  - 10 Feb 2012 at 23:43
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  - 0
  Suspenseful, interesting, but flawed
  
  I really enjoyed this - great characters, suspenseful (some scenes will have you on the edge of the couch). What I didn't particularly like, though, is the ... read more »
  
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- 1090259
- - Mareen
  - 6 reviews
  - 08 Feb 2012 at 21:19
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  One word : Brilliant !!!
  
  I just loved this film,i never wanted it to stop....... brilliant stuff,everyone should see it,makes you think why those young men should risk they lives every ... read more »
  
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- 1088584
- - Ilgas
  - 4 reviews
  - 04 Feb 2012 at 10:26
- - 3
  - 0
  Gaping Hole
  
  Exciting, and great visuals, but at the critical human and narrative level this is a movie with a gaping hole in it. We are asked to believe in and empathise ... read more »
  
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- 1087244
- - speminallium
  - 3 reviews
  - Stockbridge
  - 31 Jan 2012 at 10:11
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  - 0
  A Perfect Movie
  
  If you like your movies to be realistic with a claustrophobic, edge of your seat atmosphere and an authentic performance from every cast member then this movie ... read more »
  
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- - SmithD
  - 4 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 30 Jan 2012 at 23:53
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  - 1
  Very realistic movie.
  
  Quite a realistic and frightening movie. Great acting. Lots of action. Like being there in Iraq I would think. You do not know who is the enemy and the tension ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Jan 2012 at 19:51
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  Save time, don't watch it
  
  A bit too gun ho, aren't I a super human, invincible America soldier film for me.
  
  As is the SAS would wave someone down if they had a puncture... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 27 Jan 2012 at 19:15
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  - 1
  It's a video game
  
  Six Oscars including Picture, Director, Editing, Screenplay. In part, that was Hollywood rewarding a) the latest USA war effort (abroad) and b) the most ... read more »
  
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  - driveindavy
  - 66 reviews
  - scotland
  - 24 Jan 2012 at 12:02
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  - 32
  "If I'm gonna die, I want to die comfortable."
  
  Premiering at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, 'The Hurt Locker' received a ten minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. Subject to much ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 799499
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  - Vivacia
  - 28 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Aug 2009 at 11:05
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  - 7
  Was i watching the same film as everyone else?
  
  After watching the trailer i was expecting a fantastic film, which would keep me glued to the screen........ but it didn't. A real disappointment. Quite ... read more »
  
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- - Awais
  - 3 reviews
  - Ilford
  - 31 Dec 2009 at 23:35
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  - 3
  tick tick tick
  
  The Hurt Locker is a pretty unconventional war film in that it completely side-swipes the politics and simply and effectively conveys the role of the soldier, ... read more »
  
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- - Nootlin
  - 77 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Aug 2009 at 09:49
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  Typical US Rubbish
  
  This film is yet another in the genre of 'US good all others bad'. The camera work is appallingly bad and the dialogue even worse. If this is an ... read more »
  
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- 845020
- - 35mmlover
  - 3 reviews
  - Leek
  - 04 Jan 2010 at 14:46
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  Terrible, pointless film
  
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  Just like it's subject matter, the ongoing military action in Iraq, this film is terrible and pointless. Whilst it may be true to the actual experiences of ... read more »
  
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- - unbreakable
  - 8 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 11:22
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  BE WARNED!This is not just another war movie....
  
  War movies are not usually my cup of tea.I find the killing and bleakness of war too depressng for words, but this isn't just any war movie.This movie was a... read more »
  
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  - SW London
  - 29 Aug 2009 at 22:59
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  It’s all about men, grrrrrrrrrrrr
  
  The Hurt Locker follows a group of bomb disposal soldiers and their daily confrontations with mad suicide bombers, roadside bombs and their even madder fellow ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 01 Oct 2009 at 20:23
- - 19
  - 7
  hurt locker
  
  afganisatn film slow, but ok ish, ends when you dont expect it to, nothing fantastic, wachable, ok ish if you like the war afgan iraq sinario....
  
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  - Swansea
  - 11 Jan 2010 at 19:43
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  - 4
  poor
  
  This film was so slow and seemed to have no story that i lost interest and turned it off half way through
  
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- - a customer
  - durham england
  - 28 Jan 2010 at 10:39
- - 16
  - 4
  Send us all to Jesus
  
  I was fortunate to se this movie at a screening attended by both the director and writer with a Q&A afterwards. This is by far the best movie released this ... read more »
  
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  - celondelon
  - 35 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Aug 2009 at 23:29

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  Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist Mark Boal (who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a fact-based, yet fictional story), director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War-set action thriller THE HURT LOCKER presents the conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of those ...

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  Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb....