The Hurt Locker (4/5)
Posted on 30 Jun 2009
There was plenty of good press for this Iraq War film, so much that I ran out to see this in the theater–full price, with popcorn and soda. They did a fantastic job of growing the intensity in each scene and the action moved things along with diverse settings and fascinating technological/warfare details. There wasn’t much of a narrative to sustain the third act though, and if it weren’t for the sublime final moments showing the soldier’s culture shock at the supermarket, I’d say the film missed the mark–it didn’t.
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