Time for another movie review, and coincidentally time for some hyperbole. The Hurt Locker is the best war movie I have seen in a long time, maybe ever. It is almost documentary-like in it’s portrayal of military life in Iraq. There is nothing gratuitous about this film at all. It never glamorizes, never dramatizes. It is just an honest look at the lives of soldiers in Iraq.
Except, of course, that these soldiers are in a bomb defusal squad, which leads to some nervously intense scenes. The cameos are used brilliantly and the acting is top class. I am finding it a very hard movie to fault. Perhaps my only bugbear being that the famous actors who do appear can dilute the movie, making you realise that this is just fiction after all. It is honestly that convincing.
I can’t think of a better movie that I have seen all year. Watch it now!
