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The Hurt Locker
You'll know when you're in it.
You'll know when you're in it.
Drama, Thriller, War - 2008
7.5
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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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
131 min
Release date:
10 Oct 2008
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Arabic, Turkish
Budget:
$15,000,000
Revenue:
$49,230,772
Awards:
Won 6 Oscars. 125 wins & 130 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

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The question isn't how do you live with the buzz of looming death; it's how do you live without it? No answers are offered, or even suggested.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
24 Jul 2009
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Like every war before it, the U.S. invasion of Iraq has generated its share of movies. But The Hurt Locker is the first of them that can properly be called a masterpiece.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
24 Jul 2009
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One of the best movies of the year, with a star-making performance from Jeremy Renner.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
30 Jul 2009
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Bigelow's film combines an expert management of tension with a sensitive and journalistic attention to detail: she has one eye on the truth and the other on the multiplex.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
29 Aug 2009
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Director Kathryn Bigelow, doing her run-'n'-gun best, doesn't mine traditional suspense so much as impart a queasy feeling of monotony.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
22 Sep 2011
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