So, I’ve spent the past hour and a half starting and restarting a review of this film, but it’s just not happening. I fully intend to provide an article for it, perhaps after I see the film again, but it’ll have to be at a later date.
For now it will suffice to say that THE HURT LOCKER is a movie that positively demands to be seen, and I will echo the critical consensus out there in saying that it is quite probably the best non-documentary production to deal with the Iraq war. I went to see it with a friend who served in the conflict, who told me that it pretty well encapsulated the experience of being on the ground there. High praise indeed.
As far as I’m concerned this is the best film seeing theatrical release at present and fully deserving of recommendation. Those of you living in Minneapolis can see it at Landmark’s Uptown Theatre. Hulu has been so kind as to provide the intense opening scene for online viewing – I’ve embedded it below.
