THE HURT LOCKER (2009) - Aug. 5, 2009
About a military bomb squad in Iraq, headed by a leader who seems to take pleasure in putting himself in the most dangerous situations possible, this was a surprisingly riveting, edge-of-your-seat action film. Despite the complete absence of a plot (the movie essentially just goes from one action set-piece to the next) and a long running time of over two hours, the film is completely entertaining from start to finish, and in fact manages to sustain a pretty absurd amount of tension with relatively little down-time. Kathryn Bigelow's gritty, no-nonsense direction suits the material absolutely perfectly, and there are some really memorable scenes here, including what has to be the best sniper battle I've ever seen (even if the rest of the film had sucked, it would have been worth it just for that awesome scene alone). I need to see this again. ****
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