The Hurt Locker: DVD Review
The Hurt Locker
Rating: R16
Released by Roadshow Home Entertainment
The soaraway winner at this year's Oscar ceremony, The Hurt Locker
is finally on DVD.
It's the story of a team of bomb disposal team in Iraq whose lives
are put in constant jeopardy on a daily basis - and is based on
freelance journalist Mark Boal's accounts of when he was embedded
with an American bomb squad.
Relative unknown Jeremy Renner plays Sergeant First Class William
James, who's brought in as the leader of the Explosives Ordnance
Disposal Unit which heads to just about every perilous situation on
the streets of Iraq, never knowing if this is the moment their
lives will be forfeit.
But James is an adrenalin junkie who only knows how to get by with
the thrill of the unknown on the streets - and soon, his squad
starts to wonder if they'll survive with this new guy at the
helm.
Simply brilliant, The Hurt Locker is tense, thrilling and
captivating from the very first moment - you're never sure who will
survive this game of cat and mouse and who will not walk
away.
As I remarked when I saw it at the cinema, this is emotionally
gripping, viscerally thrilling, and an edge of your seat powderkeg
of tension - and more so, The Hurt Locker remains one of the best
films of the year.
Extras: An exclusive to DVD commentary with
director Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal as well as a
featurette.
Rating: 9/10
