Ipswich Film Society

The Hurt Locker (2008)

2010/11 Season

THE HURT LOCKER

USA 2008 (15)
130 minutes
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Ipswich Film Theatre - 24 January 2011 - 7.30pm
Winner of six Oscars and a powerful action movie, this is a tense and gritty war film. It follows the lives of an army bomb disposal squad in Iraq, concentrating on the day to day procedures of their work.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS: Brilliant film, fantastic cast and music score. Atmospheric and totally realistic. Typical US soldier. Great; Even better second time round. Best anti-war film, but then again, it will get recruits, too; Enjoyable, gripping and moving. Still, I remain a pacifist; However good the story, acting, direction, it is still a war movie, with heroes. We need anti-war courage and heroics; No wonder the Iraqis hate the Americans! The whole film just glorified stupidity.

The Hurt Locker (2008)

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