The Hurt Locker won Oscars in 2010 for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Editing, Sound, and Sound Editing - and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Music, and Best Actor (Jeremy Renner).
This is a film that's very much worth seeing. But it is not a perfect film, and at first viewing I was actually underwhelmed. It was only when I saw it again that I saw a deeper and richer level beyond the obvious.
On first glance this is an exciting, enthralling, and seemingly very realistic film about a US Army bomb disposal unit in Iraq whose death-defying job is to disarm Improvised Explosive Devices.
Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge are the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit. James is the new leader replacing a long-standing and respected team member who was killed disarming a bomb. When James takes over, Bravo Company has only thirty-nine days left in its current deployment.
But those thirty-nine days turn out to be very long and extremely dangerous. James is not afraid of danger and will walk into the face of it, terrifying Sanborn and Eldridge and probably causing Eldridge to be severely wounded.
It seems at first that James is an adrenaline junkie, willing to endanger himself and others for the thrill of facing death in the face and staring it down.
But on watching it again, I saw the true nature of James' commitment. He is, in fact, completely committed to his Mission (with a capital "M"). While he is in the severest danger, he is not concerned about safety because he can feel that he is protected by his righteous action.
Pay close attention to the scene where he stops the suspicious Iraqi taxicab with his pistol for a stunning demonstration of "righteous courage."
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