The Hurt Locker

"The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug." Chris Hedges' quote open the movie. A perfectly done movie for me. Yes, I really mean it, it is a perfect movie. With this, Kathryn Bigelow should earn at least, Academy Awards for Best Picture. And first maybe there's a lot of question in your head when you see the quote at the beginning of the movie. But it will make sense in the end.

You'll be dragged into the midst of the Baghdad's hottest zone in the 131 minutes of running time. The scene open with an adrenaline rush as they brought you to a 3-man bomb squad that is assigned to defuse a bomb in the middle of the street. A bomb defusal robot come with a couple of explosive carried on a wagon. Suddenly, the wheel went off. So, the leader of the team, Sgt. Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce) decided to put on his bomb suit and try to disarm it himself. Specialist Owen Elridge (Brian Geraghty) move quickly to cover his team leader, while Sgt. JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) keep communicate with Thompson. When Thompson finally reach the bomb, Elridge noticed a man with cellphone at the butcher shop nearby, when he try to tell Thompson about it, it's too late, the man pressed the cellphone and BOOM! an explosion occurred. The heart-pumping scene soon continue to Sanborn putting a dog tag inside a coffin named Sgt. Matt Thompson.

All of the things happen in the first 15 minutes, and Bigelow managed to keep the momentum to make you feel the emotional feeling of the bomb squad in Iraq. And also with the bomb squad new cowboy leader, SSgt. William James (Jeremy Renner) even inside the green zone, you can feel the intensity of the war. All of the cast, including Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes, deliver a wonderful performance.

Finally, I couldn't say anything except, you must watch The Hurt Locker. It's definitely a winner.