UBC Film Society

The Hurt Locker

2008, Rated: 14A, 131min
There’s enough bang in there to blow us all to Jesus. If I’m gonna die, I want to die comfortable.

An elite U.S. Army bomb squad hunts for deadly bombs across the war torn country of Iraq. The squads new commander places his team into increasingly dangerous conditions in what appears to be reckless disregard to the dangers it presents himself or his team. Can the team survive their new careless leader for the final month of their tours?

Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
Written by
Mark Boal
Staring
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, & Evangeline Lilly

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