The Hurt Locker - 2 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Very difficult film to review.While it seems real enough from a stark Iraq battlefield feel and well made from a technical point,the director won the academy award,but thats not the point.The story is of a man who replaced his leader on a bomb disposal squad when he's killed before his eyes.The new leader is Jeremy Renner as Sergeant First Class William James  and its a fine portrayal of a totally "out there"type of guy that it takes to do the maddest job in this mans army.But at the end of the day your glad this sort of job is done and there are guys to do it,but,sadly the characters are not the kind you really care about,or at least I can't bring myself to.Here's a summary of the film below from IMDB and since the directer Kathryn Bigelow,beat her ex James Cameron for mega hit"Avatar"its worth ONE view but I can't rate it any higher because I'm just not interested in wacko hero's anymore.
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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.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2755855129/