The Hurt Locker is one of those rare movies that do not over-glorify Uncle Sam's occupation in Iraq. Nor does it rely on over-CG Hollywood special effects to WOW the audience. And it is definitely not as ridiculous as Delta Farce. SPOILER ALERT!!!:
The plot is really simple, really. We follow a team of bomb-defusal squad of the US army in war torn Iraq, who defuses bombs planted by insurgents from the start to the end of the movie. What makes it interesting is the movie's attempt to make viewers 'be in the war' and grow attach to the small 3 members team. Owh people live and die in this movie, the violence of the war is portrayed with pure epic, and you'll question the ethics of the war. Kudos to the director Kathryn Bigelow for showing the world that females can make an epic war movie too.
See the trailer:
Ham rates The Hurt Locker:
The last time modern warfare got personal for me was Black Hawk Down that have set the bar high. Although not as epic as Black Hawk, Hurt Locker still manages to captivate me with the suspense of bomb-defusing in the streets of Iraq. Remember how the Hero of the movie always manage to defuse the bomb in the last 1 second? Well, none of those bullocks are available here.
Not often can we see famous Hollywood actors acting in movies of the Second Gulf War. This time Matt Damon geared up and set to go head on with not just insurgents, but his own country as well (oops spoiled).
SPOILER ALERT!!!:
The plot follows an ordinary US soldier Chief Warrant Officer Miller (Damon) who raids locations said to hold weapons of mass destruction. After a few raids with no clear signs of WMD in the locations, Miller begins to question the credibility of the intel report given to him. After doing some digging he uncovered a whole load of whoop-ass regarding conspiracies involving the CIA, US Army, Iraqi rogue general, and the US media that produced falsified information for their own benefits in the war. To help portray the spirit of the good Americans that want the war to end, Miller becomes a Hero and goes down to bring justice and show the world that not all Americans are barbaric war-mongers.
See the trailer:
Ham rates The Green Zone:
The conspiracy build up from the beginning to the mid of the movie is excellent, but too bad when Damon decides to kick ass the plot turns into an expected typical American-war-hero plot. You know the typical "I-turn-hero, everyone-betray-me, then-get-caught, then-kick-ass, then-kill-boss" plot. Meh.
The plot is really simple, really. We follow a team of bomb-defusal squad of the US army in war torn Iraq, who defuses bombs planted by insurgents from the start to the end of the movie. What makes it interesting is the movie's attempt to make viewers 'be in the war' and grow attach to the small 3 members team. Owh people live and die in this movie, the violence of the war is portrayed with pure epic, and you'll question the ethics of the war. Kudos to the director Kathryn Bigelow for showing the world that females can make an epic war movie too.
See the trailer:
Ham rates The Hurt Locker:
The last time modern warfare got personal for me was Black Hawk Down that have set the bar high. Although not as epic as Black Hawk, Hurt Locker still manages to captivate me with the suspense of bomb-defusing in the streets of Iraq. Remember how the Hero of the movie always manage to defuse the bomb in the last 1 second? Well, none of those bullocks are available here.
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Not often can we see famous Hollywood actors acting in movies of the Second Gulf War. This time Matt Damon geared up and set to go head on with not just insurgents, but his own country as well (oops spoiled).SPOILER ALERT!!!:
The plot follows an ordinary US soldier Chief Warrant Officer Miller (Damon) who raids locations said to hold weapons of mass destruction. After a few raids with no clear signs of WMD in the locations, Miller begins to question the credibility of the intel report given to him. After doing some digging he uncovered a whole load of whoop-ass regarding conspiracies involving the CIA, US Army, Iraqi rogue general, and the US media that produced falsified information for their own benefits in the war. To help portray the spirit of the good Americans that want the war to end, Miller becomes a Hero and goes down to bring justice and show the world that not all Americans are barbaric war-mongers.
See the trailer:
Ham rates The Green Zone:
The conspiracy build up from the beginning to the mid of the movie is excellent, but too bad when Damon decides to kick ass the plot turns into an expected typical American-war-hero plot. You know the typical "I-turn-hero, everyone-betray-me, then-get-caught, then-kick-ass, then-kill-boss" plot. Meh.
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