The Hurt Locker
A; Drama/ War
Dir: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
***1/2

What's it about: This isn't a movie about the war on terror but rather the collateral damage that follows thereof, in its wake.
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Shot in Jordan close to the Iraqi border, the film follows the US army's Bravo EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team going about their job in Baghdad.
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Following the death of team leader Staff Sergeant Thompson (Guy Pearce), Sergeant First Class William James (Renner), an Afghanistan War veteran (ex Army Ranger) takes over the team that comprises Sergeant J T Sanborn (Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Geraghty).



Sanborn and James don't get along, initially and as the number of days before their rotation changes, they bond after frequent clashes.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the squad can trust no-one, least of all, the locals.

A case in point that the movie makes is this: is the mundane everyday existence we lead in villages, suburbia or cities more meaningful that wars fought on foreign lands for seemingly pointless reasons?u00a0u00a0