The Hurt Locker

Thankfully, Bigelow is back on form here for what is probably her most accomplished film to date.....Long lauded for her surprising gift for male-oriented action films, Point Break in particular, Kathryn Bigelow seemed to have lost her touch in recent years..... ... Full Review

Thankfully, Bigelow is back on form here for what is probably her most accomplished film to date.....Long lauded for her surprising gift for male-oriented action films, Point Break in particular, Kathryn Bigelow seemed to have lost her touch in recent years..... ... Full Review

Kathryn Bigelow's intense, jittery drama doesn't deeply consider the whys and hows of the conflict, and good job, too....no recent action movie has better expressed the critical importance of space.....so far The Hurt Locker is easily the best film to come out of the Iraq war.....The movie represents a personal triumph for Bigelow.....Boal's script is notable for making character the priority;.... ... Full Review

The Hurt Locker excels though at making us feel....a film about the war in Iraq that doesn't preach or pontificate, that isn't instant box-office poison..... ... Full Review

The action is powerful and the tension is real..... ... Full Review

The action is powerful and the tension is real.....This movie has no specific message other than the nightmare of war.....is now in Afghanistan, and second, we enjoyed Jeremy Renner#39;s work in the TV show.... ... Full Review

That's why "The Hurt Locker" is so extraordinarily powerful.....tremendous filmmaking of the most basic sort.....1) As of the summer, it's the best movie that has yet opened in 2009....The film's script by Mark Boal is ruthlessly efficient about eliminating everything nonessential to the story..... ... Full Review

The film doesn't neglect the nitty-gritty of combat....This exciting, draining and cerebral film does more than just nail a philosophical point to the wall and then ignore it..... ... Full Review

I think Kathryn is fearless, and she's incredibly skillful.....The more artistically challenging a film is, the more engaging it can be.....that usually means evocative characters in very dangerous situations that will create a physiological response from viewer to screen,'' Bigelow says.....This was a beautifully crafted script with characters who are incredibly complicated and unpredictable and surprising,'' she says.....She is at her best when making logistically complicated, action-oriented explorations ... Full Review

Her new film doesn't glorify war or preach pacifism.....Hurt Locker' is best Iraq war movie....Psychologically acute and thrillingly dramatic, "The Hurt Locker" blows every other Iraq war movie off the screen..... ... Full Review