Description 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 who witnessed the fighting firsthand -- the soldiers.
| Credits | | Producer: | Greg Shapiro, Kathryn Bigelow, Nicolas Chartier | | Score Composer: | Buck Sanders, Marco Beltrami |
Editorial Reviews Tensely action-packed and muscularly directed by Kathryn Bigelow, this tale of an elite U.S. army bomb disposal unit in Baghdad is a familiar story in new clothes, targeted at the young male demographic Hollywood Reporter (06/26/2009)
If The Hurt Locker is not the best action movie of the summer, I’ll blow up my car New York Times (06/26/2009)
THE HURT LOCKER is a near-perfect movie about men in war, men at work. Through sturdy imagery and violent action, it says that even Hell needs heroes Time Magazine (06/26/2009)
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