DVD Review: "Hurt Locker"

From the Director of "Strange Days" and "Point Break" comes The 2008 hit action-thriller-drama, "The Hurt Locker." "Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb."

I went into the movie expecting a war movie. That's not what i got, but i was not disappointed, and definitely pleasantly surprised. The style of the movie made you feel like you were right in the middle of the whole movie, at times, feeling just as lost and just as scared as the soldiers in the situation.

Jeremy Renner as Staff Sergeant William James was a fine portrayal of how war can get to someone. He definitely surprised me with his acting ability, having done bits and pieces here and there in other movies, and finally showing he could act in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" However, his versatility was still in doubt in my eyes. This proved to me, he's got at least 3 more great performances before Hollywood takes him seriously, and that's a damn shame!

Cinematography was top notch, the sound editing was great, and the score added to the drama perfectly. The only thing that i would have worked on is the pacing of the film, a bit slow at times, and other times a bit too fast... other than that, I have no complaints about this movie.

Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pierce, and Evangaline Lilly all are in the movie in small roles, and they add in their own way to this story. I can honestly say that this movies' portrayal of the the War in Iraq is so gritty and edgy, that Kathryn Bigelow, Director, can boast she just directed the "Platoon" of this Generation.

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