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PostedSeptember 3, 2009
bigptk
from Tulsa, OK
This film was touted as "non-spin". Sort of, although it does avoid the “war is always pointless and stupid” preachyness of films like “Stop-Loss” and “Jarhead”. The film follows three U.S. Army EOD specialists through the last month of their tours in Iraq. The main character is trapped in kind of a nihilistic void, not finding much hope and meaning in life despite the fact of having a wife and son. He’s a danger junky that gets high off pushing the envelope and taking unnecessary risks, ones that put the rest of his team in jeopardy. Hurt Locker is not bad at all, often tense and given the subject matter, pretty grim throughout.
The film is a grim reminder that war isn’t a very nice thing, and that our enemies aren’t very nice either.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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