Actors: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie
Director: Katheryn Bigelow
Note: Spoilers ahead
I don't generally like war movies. They're always too long - first we have to be introduced to our characters, then some of them have to die, then some of them have to yell in slow motion while carrying other wounded soldiers, etc. I generally find them to be a gigantic downer with little redeeming value - I'm not entertained.
The Hurt Locker sidesteps some of these problems by not even having a plot. As a result, we're treated to a film that's only 130 minutes, instead of the requisite 160. There's not really scenes where higher-ranking officers call into question the actions of lower-ranking officers, or likewise, and the moral questions raised by war are mostly raised as practical questions in the heat of battle. I don't think this is a film I will ever watch again - its value lies in its superb creation of tension, which obviously dissipates on a second viewing - but it demonstrates that we don't have to know our characters intimately to care about them.
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