Mar 23, 2023manoletters rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent film. I'm not a fan of American's military aggression around the world, but this picture does seem to capture what it was like to be on the ground in Iraq during the Bush administration's descent into madness. Jeremy…
Dec 06, 2022jimbo_yosemite rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The movie does a good job of showing the psychological pressure of the bomb squad team. However the producer had to juice up the story showing the bomb squad clearing a building (infantry would do that) and taking on a sniper at 850…
Jul 01, 2016OpenBook3000 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Interesting movie. After seeing it I looked on Wikipedia and saw that the "wild" Jeremy Renner character is really not what the Army is looking for to defuse explosives.
Jun 02, 2016Nursebob rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The title of director Kathryn Bigelow’s horrifying journey into darkness is GI slang for any severe injury sustained in battle. But injuries come in many different guises and if war is indeed a drug, as attested by the film’s opening…
Nov 01, 2014Old_Toto rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Not your grandfather's stereotypical war movie, this film portrays war against civilian warriors without uniforms and rarely seen, high tech weapons, homemade bombs, booby traps and a remote controlled detection robot. The camera finds…
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Aug 27, 2013rufus_red4 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This film should be required viewing for all Americans who forget that there's still a war going on. Kathryn Bigelow takes an impossible situation, men who are saddled with the task of disposing of bombs and is able to make a piece of art.…
Oct 21, 2012everfaraway rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Awsome movie. Really gives you a great idea of what our troops go through with a little bit of humor to lighten the mood. Wonderful acting on Renner's part
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Sep 07, 2012aaa5756 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very well done movie. A pleasure to watch. I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one.
Aug 25, 2012akirakato rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Although powerfully realistic, action-packed, unrelenting and intense, the film lacks what the director really watns to tell you.
She has just painted the screen with the war scenes, but she seems to have forgotten to paint it with soul…
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