THE HURT LOCKER

Screenplay by Mark Boal

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Jeremy Renner

Anthony Mackie

Brian Geraghty

Evangeline Lilly

Ralph Fiennes

Guy Pearce

Premiere date: September 4, 2008 (Venice Film Festival)

R for war violence and language.

Three members of the Army's elite Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad - in order to try to make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear - protect and save - but it's anything but easy, as the margin of terror when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This near-perfect action picture is a thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche.xxx

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