The Hurt Locker (2008)

Academy Awards, USA 2010

Won Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year Kathryn Bigelow Mark Boal Nicolas Chartier Greg Shapiro
	Best Achievement in Directing Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director.
	Best Writing, Original Screenplay Mark Boal
	Best Achievement in Film Editing Bob Murawski Chris Innis
	Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Paul N.J. Ottosson Ray Beckett
	Best Achievement in Sound Editing Paul N.J. Ottosson
Nominated Oscar	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Jeremy Renner
	Best Achievement in Cinematography Barry Ackroyd
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Marco Beltrami Buck Sanders

Summit Entertainment
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Summit Entertainment)

A new sergeant takes over command of a small bomb squadron in Iraq. His reckless methods clash with the more experienced crew. They go from one tense situation to another, never quite sure if it is their time to die. At night, they get drunk, listen to heavy metal and play violent video games. A countdown clock tells us the number of days left in their rotation. However, when the sergeant finally gets home he is bored and immediately signs up again for more of the same. The plot, if you can find one, is episodic and the characters broadly drawn. It is shot in the trendy shaky cam style that tries to pass it off as a documentary, but instead just gives it an amateurish, sloppy look.