The Hurt Locker (DVD) Reviews

* Film Only Review* The Hurt Locker is a film that made me edgy and nervous while watching it on the big screen. I found the whole two hours and eleven minutes very uncomfortable to watch. Mainly because the director, Kathryn Bigelow, had placed me exactly where she wanted me to be - directly inside the war torn net of life in ...  Read the complete review

The Hurt Locker is one of the most acclaimed films of 2009, and despite a slow start release-wise, things are finally picking up. What's more, the film is earning early buzz to become a frontrunner for the Academy Awards in March 2010. This is raw, gritty, and impressively intense filmmaking from Kathryn Bigelow, a woman extremely experienced in ...  Read the complete review

Similarly made and in the style of Jarhead, this film shows the US forces fighting in Baghdad, Iraq. Unlike Jarhead there is more fighting and general action in the film, however, this still does not overpower the emotional element of this film. The majority of the film follows 3 soldiers who patrol and disarm various bombs and IED's. ...  Read the complete review

There's something about war film's that turns me off. If they're full on action films based around one big battle, such as 'We Were Soldiers', then I can do it, but if they're films that focus on the everyday life of the soldiers I often get bored. Still, I had heard a ton of good things about Hurt Locker, a film that follows the day in day out ...  Read the complete review

I would describe this film as a tension filled rollercoaster of a film that had me literally sitting on the edge of my seat at one point in the film and it was not a film that I felt very relaxed watching however that is not meant in a bad way but in a good one. I'm not a massive fan of war films however this particular effort is ...  Read the complete review

Saw The Hurt Locker at my local Odeon cinema on 04 September 2009 as i'm a fan of some of the director Kathryn Bigelow's other work (if you're interested in her other works - see: Point Break, avoid: K-19: The Widowmaker!). Unsurprisingly the cinema was rather empty at the showing I went to as films about the Iraq War have failed miserably at the ...  Read the complete review

The Hurt Locker was a film I had read nothing about in advance of its release. Suddenly you couldn't get away from it, it seemed like every reviewer was giving it maximum ratings and there wasn't a bad word to be said about it. So despite having almost my fill of Iraq war movies I decided to see this one as more than one reviewer mentioned it ...  Read the complete review

The Hurt Locker is a 2009 war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, best known for directing films such as Blue Steel, Point Break and K-19: The Widowmaker. I'd heard talk of this film for quite a while now with lots of critics and general fans praising it very highly, so I went into watching it with high expectations. Set in 2004 Iraq the ...  Read the complete review

Hurt Locker (2009, UK, 2008, USA) Cert. 15. Well now, I wanted to see Final destination 3D, Mrs H wanted to see Hurt Locker, we went to watch Hurt Locker. We saw this film in Sheffield Showcase, worthy of note as the screen is not as big as many cinemas, hence, some of the CGI and Special effects were not as 'big'. This ...  Read the complete review

Is there any easier way of creating tension in a movie than with bomb disposal? The caution as if the slightest vibration will detonate it; the careful unpicking of the mechanism; the coloured wires, and which one to snip first; the counting down of a timing device. Tick each of them off your list, and even add your own, it will probably be here. ...  Read the complete review

A film only review. The Hurt Locker goes on general release in the UK on August 28th. DVD and Blu-ray releases are scheduled for late December. This new film about the experiences of a bomb disposal team in Iraq is genuinely impressive in a way I really wasn't expecting. It's directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who previously gave us classics ...  Read the complete review