The Hurt Locker
A Review by Frederick Cholowski
A+
The other contender to rack up big awards at the Oscars (by James Cameron’s ex wife none the less) is present and ready to hold its ground to the massive beast of a movie that is Avatar. The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow is an edge of your seat war thriller that also works as a great character story of how war can affect the human man.
The Hurt Locker starts off with a bang as it shows an average day in the life of a bomb defusing team. But something goes wrong and the man defusing the bomb is blown to his death. Insert James (Jeremy Renner) the senior replacement and new leader of the unit, an adrenalin junkie who comes back to war a lot of times just to get his next fix. Him and his squad of bomb diffusers (played by Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty) work through the last days of their “shift”.
The key words here are character development and it is superb in this film. You get attached to the unit instantly all three have their distinctive personalities and problems. The standout of the three is Jeremy Renner though as he plays his role as the smart and kind in a funny way yet addicted to adrenalin and defusing bombs leader. He definitely deserves the nods he is getting at the Oscars. Otherwise the development is superb and let’s us see the intensity yet touch of vulnerability that comes with the job.
The action here is superb and keeps you on the edge of your seat to the end of the film. While it may not have the production values but it has that pacing and the fact that you really care about the characters that sets it apart from the pack.
The Hurt Locker is a really good film that is definitely another addition to my top contenders for film of the year awards. Relentlessly paced and awesomely developed the Hurt Locker earns its place as one of the best of the year.
A Review by Frederick Cholowski
A+
The other contender to rack up big awards at the Oscars (by James Cameron’s ex wife none the less) is present and ready to hold its ground to the massive beast of a movie that is Avatar. The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow is an edge of your seat war thriller that also works as a great character story of how war can affect the human man.
The Hurt Locker starts off with a bang as it shows an average day in the life of a bomb defusing team. But something goes wrong and the man defusing the bomb is blown to his death. Insert James (Jeremy Renner) the senior replacement and new leader of the unit, an adrenalin junkie who comes back to war a lot of times just to get his next fix. Him and his squad of bomb diffusers (played by Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty) work through the last days of their “shift”.
The key words here are character development and it is superb in this film. You get attached to the unit instantly all three have their distinctive personalities and problems. The standout of the three is Jeremy Renner though as he plays his role as the smart and kind in a funny way yet addicted to adrenalin and defusing bombs leader. He definitely deserves the nods he is getting at the Oscars. Otherwise the development is superb and let’s us see the intensity yet touch of vulnerability that comes with the job.
The action here is superb and keeps you on the edge of your seat to the end of the film. While it may not have the production values but it has that pacing and the fact that you really care about the characters that sets it apart from the pack.
The Hurt Locker is a really good film that is definitely another addition to my top contenders for film of the year awards. Relentlessly paced and awesomely developed the Hurt Locker earns its place as one of the best of the year.
